Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society

Tonight's second round of the Green Visions Film Series winter lineup is a screening of 𝘒𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵, followed by a discussion with the director and production manager of the documentary.

A cooperation of the RCC, DOK.fest München, and the Münchner Volkshochschule.

This Tuesday, Alexis Katechakis, board member of the German UN Ocean Decade Committee and team member of the NGO Aegean Rebreath, will introduce us to the UN Ocean Decade.

The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.

New book co-edited by former Carson Fellow Elia Apostolopoulou!

New Speak4Nature publication by our Project Coordinator!

New Speak4Nature publication! This article is a collaboration between two of our member institutions, as it is written by Jonatan Palmblad of the Rachel Carson Center and published by FUHEM.

@fuhem.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social #envhum #envjust #envphil

Images bottom line (f.l.t.r.): Maile McFarland, all rights reserved; Michael Bemmerl, CC BY 3.0 DE; Flora Mary Bartlett, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Katya Karabanina, all rights reserved; Amrita Dasgupta, all rights reserved.
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Step Away - Springs A scholar’s Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the forest.

You can now read the entire short story on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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Today, we would like to highlight the #shortstory “Step Away” by cultural-studies scholar Kata Beilin from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

A scholar’s #Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the #forest.
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Last weekend, we offered the workshop "Sustainability and Law: An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management" in Munich, as a collaboration between the University of Eastern Piedmont, LMU Munich, and the Rachel Carson Center!
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

Please find more information on how to join online: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

We have a fascinating #workshop, centered on “Paranoid Versus Reparative #Reading,” with @demil-ecologies.bsky.social and Nico Edwards scheduled for Monday, 8 December. An evening #lecture by Dr. Darcy Alexandra (Uni Bern) will respond to the workshop.

Please note that both events are online only.

This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with
Markus Vogt (Catholic Theology, LMU), who will present on “Hope Beyond Optimism: #Christian Imagining of the Future in the Time of #EcologicalCrises.”

Images bottom line (f.l.t.r.): Kata Beilin, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Maile McFarland, all rights reserved; Michael Bemmerl, CC BY 3.0 DE; Flora Mary Bartlett, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Katya Karabanina, all rights reserved.
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Puppets at the Hands of Water: Sex Workers in Mongla, Bangladesh - Springs The littoral sex workers of the Mongla brothel struggle to make a livelihood in the face of climate change.

You can now read the entire piece on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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The essay documents the #precariousexistence of sex workers in Bangladesh who reside on the banks of the #PassurRiver. As #sealevelrise and #erosion eat away their occupational land, they become “Puppets at the Hands of Water” and are “rendered amphibious—working both on land and water.”
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Today, we would like to highlight “Puppets at the Hands of Water: Sex Workers in Mongla, #Bangladesh” by #genderstudies scholar @amritadasgupta.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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Will the next World Congress of #EnvHist take place in your country? We are members of ICEHO and are curious to see where the 2029 congress will bring us.

This Tuesday, Thomas Schiffelmann of the Science & Research Hub of ECOnGOOD will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion.

The ECOnGOOD Science and Research Hub is a collaborative and co-creative community within the broader ECOnGOOD movement.

The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.

New date for this event on ecological humanism!
#EnvHum #EnvJust
@palmblad.bsky.social

From last week's workshop on Sustainability and Law! Follow @speak4nature.bsky.social for more of our work on ecological justice. #EnvHum #EnvJust #EnvLaw

Images bottom line (f.l.t.r.): Amrita Dasgupta, all rights reserved; Kata Beilin, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Maile McFarland, all rights reserved; Michael Bemmerl, CC BY 3.0 DE; Flora Mary Bartlett, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through Fieldwork - Springs The work of two biologists in remote forests shows that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.

The article follows the work of two biologists in remote forests demonstrating that species recovery depends on both data and human-animal bonds forged in the field.

You can now read the entire article on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: doi.org/10.5282/rcc-...
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Today, we would like to highlight “Eagles, Marmots, Humans: Knowing Wildlife Through #Fieldwork” by environmental historian and anthropologist @monicavasile.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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The Lunchtime Colloquium is free and open to the public. The talk starts at 12:30, but feel free to come at 12, bring a lunch, and socialize.

This week’s Lunchtime Colloquium is with @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social (Philosophy and History of Science and Technology, TUM), who will present on “Towards an #EnvironmentalIntelligence.”

Poster advertising Tuesday Discussion with Yola Krämer and Bastian Lösch on 25 November 2025 at 16:30.

This Tuesday, Yola Krämer and Bastian Lösch of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social's environmental office will present their projects, ideas, and contributions to creating a more sustainable university life: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#environment #practice #academia #sustainability

"In the lecture hall instruments perch atop bookshelves, old snowshoes and sledges hang from hooks, large pieces of numbered rock dot the surfaces, and [photos] of the different glaciers through history adorn the walls."
springs-rcc.org/portrait-of-...

Flora Mary Barlett:
www.floramarybartlett.com

Images bottom line (f.l.t.r.): Katya Karabanina, all rights reserved; Amrita Dasgupta, all rights reserved; Kata Beilin, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; Maile McFarland, all rights reserved; Michael Bemmerl, CC BY 3.0 DE.
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Portrait of an Arctic Research Station - Springs Capturing the flows between lab and landscape through photographic exploration.

In this, the weather and landscape became active agents in the image-making process, recreating the boundary crossings witnessed during her stay.

You can now read the entire photo essay on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: springs-rcc.org/portrait-of-...
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At Tarfala, boundaries between the buildings and their surroundings are blurred as material flows between station and landscape. Building on the intertwined histories of science and photographic practice, she used analogue and #experimentalphotography to create cyanotypes in place.
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