milespowell.bsky.social
Environmental Historian. Author of Shark Hunt: How the Oceans' Most Infamous Predators Became Prey (Harvard UP, 2027), and Vanishing America (Harvard UP, 2016).
👤 Joined on 16 January 2024
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@milespowell.bsky.socialPlease don’t assume anything, Alberta. Vote against the Russian and American-fuelled separation self-sabotage. Send a strong message to the rest of Canada that we’re in this together. Foreign actors want you to vote for your own Brexit or Trump… or to help them win by just staying home.
Show PostCharlotte Hawkins Brown's Palmer Memorial Institute is the only designated Black women’s history site in North Carolina. Thanks to an ambitious preservation and adaptive reuse plan, the campus will soon welcome learners again. Loved covering this project!
Show PostFrom @harrycroft.bsky.social about the Augsburg conference on uncharismatic animals: #envhum #envhist
Show PostI recently started working on the history of peatland restoration science in Finland, with a focus on forestry-drained #peatlands. Here are some beautiful peatland landscapes from this week's field trip, for y'all. #histsci #envhist #peatlandrestoration #moss
Show PostI have a new paper out 👇 I argue that there is a lot of potential for collaboration between environmental history and the sustainability sciences. The #envhist of forests offers some telling examples.
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