Rachel Carson Center

As of 1 January 2025, the RCC will no longer post on X. Follow us on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/carson… Instagram: instagram.com/rachelcarsonce… Facebook: facebook.com/rachelcarsonce… and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/rachel… We’ve missed having wings.

And if you miss the RCC over the break, we have a short #Holiday #Reading #List for you: Petra Kelly: environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/pe… Avian Escapees and Budgie Snugglers: springs-rcc.org/avian-escapees… Plastic Trouble: seeingthewoods.org/2024/09/03/pla… The Value of Fragments: springs-rcc.org/the-value-of-f…

But we are looking forward to seeing you at some of our other social media platforms (links to them are in our pinned post). For now, we wish you happy holidays and a wonderful start into the new year! 🎉 (2/?)

Dear RCC community, 2024 has been a lovely year at the RCC, all thanks to you! As you might have seen, we have made the decision to leave X in 2025. This is our chance to thank all of our followers here for your continous interest and loyalty. We are sad to leave you behind(1/?)

If you are in the mood for a little recap, we have uploaded a report (with images) on our last writing studio workshop, "Visual Narratives." You can read it here: carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_even… #rccnews #writingstudio #visual #narratives #writing #environmental #sensory #report

🎁We have an early holiday present for you: The fourth and last part of our graphic novel Plastic Trouble is now online!🎁 Read it here: seeingthewoods.org/2024/12/19/pla… Happy reading! #rccpublications #seeingthewoods #openaccess #himalayanbrownbears #plastic #pollution

We have a new 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 for you: "Marine Mucilage" by Ufuk Özdağ, a visiting scholar at the RCC. She introduced it in her talk on “Why Is Environmental Thinking on the Rise in Turkey.” youtu.be/SwfQ56lBGPM?fe… #rcc #environment #marine #conservation

Tomorrow, Julia Schmack and Michael Hemauer (Biodiversity Counselling Munich) will join us for the last Tuesday Discussion before the holidays. Event page: carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_se… #rccevents #rcc #tuesdaydiscussion #biodiversity #munich

Deep Times Journal , from the Work That Reconnects Network, is seeking submissions for the Mar 2025 issue on the theme of “Experiencing and Responding to the Great Unraveling.” Deadline Jan 5, 2025. journal.workthatreconnects.org/call-for-submi…

We have a new thematic collection for our online journal 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 titled "Multispecies Intellectual History." In collaboration with Eiko Honda, we now welcome submissions defying the limits of intellectual history. Learn more here: environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/collec… #envhist #envhum

A little short notice, but there is an Environmental Reading Group event today. You can find all the important information here: carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_se… Happy Reading! #rccevents #readinggroup #rcc #ecocriticism #poetry

You can read the full statement on the Liverpool University Press Blog by following this link: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/11/06/idp…

#RCCNews📢 Amrita DasGupta's paper outline was shortlisted for the Early Career Prize of the IDPR/Development Geographies Research Group (DevGRG) of the Royal Geography Society (RGS) and found "highly recommended." We would like to warmly congratulate Amrita on her success!

Attending to the More Than Human World. Free webinar series through Feb-Mar, 2025 from @kerulos_center. 7 incisive thinkers discuss ways to pay deep and loving attention to Animals and Plants. kerulos.org/living-one/

We've published a new article 'online first' in 'Global Environment; Martin Kalb on 'Mules, Global Networks, and Settler Colonialism in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915', here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/wh… #envhist #africa #colonialism

New #OpenAccess article from @Guri_Bang. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: Climate policy as economic crisis response. doi.org/10.1080/096440…

Plant Humanities Summer Program (Jun 30-Jul 25, 2025 in person at @DumbartonOaks, Washington, DC). For grad students & advanced undergrads. Includes 2 additional weeks of virtual work (Jul 28-Aug 8). Travel expenses, + are covered. Apply by Feb 15, 2025. doaks.org/research/fello…

The @BristolUni's Center for Environmental Humanities is organizing an Environmental Humanities Summer School in July 2025 and they have asked us if we could share the information with our students. #rccnews #share #bristol #summerschool #envhum

The application portal for our master's program has opened today! You can find more information and the link to the application portal by following this link: …ntmaster.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/application/in… #rccapplications #rccma #ma #masters #environment #society #envhum #academicprograms

We have a new 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵for you: "Militarism" by Elizabeth Deloughrey, a professor at UCLA, US. She joined us at the RCC to hold the Lunchtime Colloquium with Nakul Heroor. #rcccriticalconcepts #rcc #environnement #sustainability #fossilfuels