The program committee for the next annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental History (12-17 April 2011, Phoenix, Arizona) has accepted a panel proposal that I helped put together with Gina Rumore (the organizer), James Collins, and Erik Conway. The panel is titled “Taking the Earth’s Pulse: Scientific Networks and the Challenges of Collecting Environmental Data.” We’re hoping it will provoke vigorous discussion at the intersection of environmental history and the history of science and that it will provide some new perspectives on recent efforts to build continent- and globe-spanning networks of ecological surveillance.
Category: technology
wired wilderness
Just added a note about my forthcoming book, Wired Wilderness (click here or on the link in the sidebar). It still needs to be proofread and indexed and won’t be on the shelves until December, but after working on it for six years or so it feels pretty good to see that page on Amazon.
Paparazzi in the Woods
Paparazzi in the Woods, Slate, 14 August 2008. (pdf)