Special Issue of Nova Acta Leopoldina Journal Published
12.08.2013
A special issue of the Nova Acta Leopoldina journal, co-edited by Christof Mauch and with several contributions from RCC board members and fellows, has been published. It is entitled "From Exploitation to Sustainability? Global Perspectives on the History and Future of Resource Depletion".
The special issue developed from a conference held at the Rachel Carson Center in 2010, dedicated to cultural aspects of human responses to natural resource shortages in comparative and global perspectives. It contains essays by John R. McNeill, Jane Carruthers, Libby Robin, José Augusto Padua, among others, along with a large number of PhD abstracts.