Launch of New Zealand's Rivers a successThe launch of New Zealand's Rivers at Scorpio Books in Christchurch was a great success, and an immensely enjoyable evening. Canterbury...
Perhaps the most vital lesson from environmental history?In my last post, I wrote about how environmental history can help us to progress discussions about fresh water today - one of the...
How we divide our landscapePerhaps nowhere tells more starkly of the duality in our relationship towards the natural environment than Taranaki: the dichotomy of the...
How we 'denature' natureThe fact that a 'drain' is a 'waterway' first occurred to me when I was in my late 20s, when I worked in an industrial part of...
How much do we care about nature we can't see?I have just been reading Rebecca Macfie's Listener article about the Waitaha River, on the West Coast of the South Island, almost...
You are invited to New Zealand's Rivers launch - 17 NovemberIf you haven't received your invitation yet, and would like to come along, please RSVP to Canterbury University Press by 10th November....