River School Open Seminar
This is a digital collection for the River School Open Seminar.
QUOTIDIAN ANTHROPOCENES: NEW ORLEANS
Introduction
This digital collection contains materials related to the Anthropocene as seen from and experienced in New Orleans.
Big ‘green’ mistake: dumping sewage in wetlands carries hidden costs
This opinion piece by Ed Bodker addresses current debates over a seemingly “greenwashed” way to handle sewage and other kinds of effluent in New Orleans.
Levees.org
Founded in November 2005 by Sandy and Stanford Rosenthal, Levees.org is dedicated to educating the public that that the flooding of New Orleans was a manmade civil engineering disast
Some white people don't want to hear about slavery at slave sites
Online reviews display the aversion some visitors have to museums and other institutions that attempt to give an accurate account of the history of slavery in the United States
Losing Ground: Louisiana
This Propublica piece uses historical data, interviews and other research to look at 80 years of rising tides in Louisiana.
‘Toxic Stew’ Stirred Up by Disasters Poses Long-Term Danger, New Findings Show
By knocking chemicals loose from soil, homes, industrial-waste sites or other sources, and spreading them into the air, water and ground, disasters— often intensified by climate change — appear to
Hurricane Barry and the New Normal
This piece by Andy Horowitz looks at "the new normal" in New Orleans: more rain, more drought, more fire, less predictability.
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) is a community based not-for-profit organization that has been working since 1986 to resolve the unique environmental struggles present in Louisian
Ludwig, Jason. 2019. “Quotidian Anthropocenes: New Orleans.” In Quotidian Anthropocene, edited by Kim Fortun and Scott Knowles. On Disaster-STS Network.