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Ecuador Acidification

This PECE essay details the quotidian anthropocene in Ecuador utilizing the Questioning Quotidian Anthropocenes analytic developed for the Open Seminar River School.

What have you learned about anthropocenics in this place?

AllanaRoss

My interests center around soil--its preservation, regeneration, and remediation. Living farther up North on the Mississippi in Saint Louis has changed my thinking around the relationships between soil, water, and contamination. Saint Louis and New Orleans are linked not just through their shared river and its attendant water management issues, but through patterns of extraction and contamination. New Orleans may also provide some clues (and potential solutions) to my community's changing relationship with water as we confront climate change. My work as an artist explores our relationship with landscape through tours of contaminated sites and remediative interventions in the landscape, so I approach New Orleans with questions about contaminated environments and water management through landscape design, gardening, and education. 

Urban Climate Adaptation

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Welcome to the urban climate adaptation seminar! We are looking forward to engaging with you on Disaster-STS and during the July 31st discussion.

Adaptation Plans

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This essay was designed for the Urban Climate Adaptation seminar as part of the Quotidian Anthropocene River School. In this seminar we focus on climate adaptation policies (or action plans) t