How to feed the world through small-scale farming
In Feeding the World as if People Mattered, Andrew Flachs critiques the capitalist global food system which commodifies agriculture, wastes food and leaves many hungry. He calls for…
In Feeding the World as if People Mattered, Andrew Flachs critiques the capitalist global food system which commodifies agriculture, wastes food and leaves many hungry. He calls for…
“I just looked at the land and started building”. Our group of guests from Norway and Finland in our NAPA project “empowering green transition from the grassroots” sits…
Review of Sustainable Consumption and Everyday Food Practices in Europe. Edited by Virginie Amilien, Monia Saïdi, and Matthieu Duboys de Labarre. London: Routledge, 2026. Xiii + 258 pp. ISBN…
When governments declare a climate “emergency,” they rarely name the real emergency at play – colonialism. Crisis-oriented language transforms centuries of dispossession, extraction, and ecological de…
Leftists, because on the whole we are mostly (and rightfully) not all that excited about AI as it exists today, are often accused of being luddites or of…
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The concept of ‘One Health’, coined…
By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The concept of ‘One Health’, coined…
Atul K. Shah‘s Organic Finance denounces our destructive, profit-driven financial system and proposes an alternative model rooted in community, ecology, and cultural diversity. Employing nature-…
How the anthropology of reciprocity helps explain our reliance on plastic in healthcare. Single-use disposable medical plastic waste is a huge issue. But rational, scientific solutions will only…
Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques the frameworks used to measure corporate sustainability and exposes how market-driven reporting shirks environmental responsibility. This convincing and timely…
Counihan, Carole, and Susanne Hojlund eds. Chefs, Restaurants and Culinary Sustainability. University of Arkansas Press, 2024. 392 pp. ISBN 9781682262658 Krishnendu Ray (NYU) How does one w…
By Sumin Myung, Cultural Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology…
Home gardener Calvin harvests mustard greens for friends from church. Photo by Aimee L. Trojnar. PhD thesis by Aimee L. Trojnar, Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, 2024.…
By Fred Wojnarowski, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, LSE. At COP28, water was everywhere. COP28 was based on the first UN Water Conference in March, which…
By Veronica Bayiha ñwa Quillien, The Language Attitude Institute Self & Climate Change As a member of the Bàsàa people of Cameroon, I have witnessed firsthand the profound…
By Mark Ortiz, the Pennsylvania State University An image of the exterior of the Youth Hub in the COP 28 Green Zone, Dubai, UAE. Photo taken by Author.…
Weber, Karl, ed. (2023) Food, Inc.2. Inside the Quest for a Better Future for Food. NY: Hachette Book Group-Public Affairs. ISBN: 9781541703575. 336 pages. Ellen Messer Cover design…
Harris, Will (2023) A Bold Return to Giving a Damn. One Farm, Six Generations, and the Future of Food. With Amely Greeven. Viking. ISBN 9780593300473. 304 pages. Ellen Messer…
The Familiar Strange · Ep107# Net Zero & Bullsh*t: Corporate Sustainability Metrics with Dr Matthew Archer This week Emma Quilty sat down with Matthew Archer, Assistant Professor at…
The Familiar Strange · Ep107# Net Zero & Bullsh*t: Corporate Sustainability Metrics with Dr Matthew Archer This week Emma Quilty sat down with Matthew Archer, Assistant Professor at…
Überschwemmungen, Dürren, Hitzewellen: die klimatischen Bedingungen für das Leben auf der Erde verändern sich – und das Mensch-Natur-Verhältnis ist in der ökologischen Krise. Rund 130 Teilnehmer*innen…
Der Klimawandel mit seinen extremen Auswirkungen auf Menschen und Umwelt wie Hitzewellen und Dürren, Überschwemmungen, Eis- und Gletscherschmelzen sind in allen Weltregionen zu erleben. Klima-Aktivism…
Budka, P. (2023). Relational infrastructures: Transportation and sustainability in the Subarctic town of Churchill, Canada. Paper at Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, Rovani…
Budka, P. (2023). Sustainability transformation and transport infrastructures in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Paper at Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW2023), Vienna, Austria: University of Vienna, 17-2…