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We're launching a new minor in environmental humanities!

Accepting students beginning Fall 2020

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covid X climate

Prof. Anne Berg collaborates with PPEH fellow, faculty & staff to launch new public project asking “What’s this pandemic got to do with climate change?”

Partner map for CSDS convening

Amy Balkin reading IPCC report

Announcing our 2020 Artist-in-Residence

Welcome, Amy Balkin!

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'20-'21 Annual Topic Announced: Transition/Transformation

with Topic Director Daniel A Barber

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My Climate Story in Translation

Speak & write a language other than English? Help us translate our public storytelling prompt!

Grays Ferry Neighbor Ms. Tammy Reeves in the center of the photo addressing a group of tour participantsmunity Tour

Futures Beyond Refining

Grays Ferry Neighbor Ms. Tammy Reeves leads Fenceline Community Tour

Field Notes

PPEH Welcomes New Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellows

Announcement
6/18/2020 – While we all continue to work remotely, we are thrilled to virtually welcome two new additions to our PPEH family this summer and fall.
Blue Notes, Part 4: The Urchin Merchants

PPEH Fellows Blog
6/17/2020 – In this final entry in the Blue Notes series, fisherman Jerry Hussey discusses sea urchins, fishing regulations, and climate change in Atlantic Canada.
Apocalypse and the Anthropocene: A Broadsheet

PPEH Fellows Blog
6/10/2020 – The spring course “Apocalypse and the Anthropocene,” taught by PPEH Postdoctoral Fellow April Anson, explored the narrative mode of the apocalypse in the context of the geologic designation of the Anthropocene. This digital broadsheet is a manifestation of the class's research.
PPEH Welcomes New Summer Cohort of Public Research Interns

News
6/9/2020 – We are thrilled to welcome a new interdisciplinary cohort of Public Research Interns this summer.
Blue Notes, Part 3: Field Work North of 66°

PPEH Fellows Blog
6/8/2020 – In this post, Arthi Ramachandran

Events

Sep 17

Covid X Climate Rapid Response Workshop: Pandemics, Urban health and the Global Interior

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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