Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
Special Issue of Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review
The RCC is delighted to announce the release of a special issue of Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, titled “Imagining Environmental Futures.”
Cars driving, rolling coal. Stories unearthing what was before. Recycled waste reshaping the present. This special issue asks: What is the future of the environment?
Eleven contributors from around the globe were encouraged to address the question as they interpreted it, with answers rooted in their own experiences and scholarship. Responses ranged from contemplations on cultural practices to deeply personal meditations on health as understood through environmental phenomena, reflections on the past and future of changing landscapes, and evaluations of how accessible environmental humanities scholarship is.
Call for Applications—Environmental Studies Certificate Program
The RCC is now accepting applications for the Environmental Studies Certificate Program (ESCP) for the winter semester 2026/27.
A Zoom info session for prospective applicants will take place on 4 August 2025 from 11:00–12:00. The first half of the session will consist of an overview of the program, followed by an open forum. Please email envstudies@rcc.lmu.de to register.
More information about the admission procedure can be found here.
New Virtual Exhibition: “Amitav Ghosh in Munich: Inspiration, Insights, and Storytelling”
The RCC is delighted to announce the release of the virtual exhibition “Amitav Ghosh in Munich: Inspiration, Insights, and Storytelling,” which has emerged from Ghosh’s visit to the Rachel Carson Center in the autumn of 2024.
Using Ghosh’s novel Gun Island (2019) as a vantage point, the project explores the role of literary fiction in interdisciplinary academic exchange and climate communication outside of academia, bringing together scholarly reflections, creative writing, and artistic responses.
Read more about the exhibition here or view the entire virtual exhibition on the Environment & Society Portal.
Projects at the RCC
Alongside its graduate programs, the RCC hosts various externally funded projects—all contribute to the dynamic and multidisciplinary life of the center.
Visit our “Research” section to find out more about the projects, which cover topics ranging from urban architecture, hazardous waste to climate politics and conservation humanities.
