Take a trip down Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal with cartographer and citizen scientist Eymund Diegel.
Cartographer and citizen scientist Eymund Diegel is tracing the natural history and hidden environments of his Brooklyn neighborhood.
“What looks like a hellhole actually has scenic potential,” says Diegel. “So you think this could be Venice. You laugh, you say, ‘This guy is out of his mind.’ But technically there is no reason why this could not be one of the prettiest spots in New York City.”
How a tiny cactus parasite called cochineal became one of the Spanish Empire’s most lucrative commodities.
Does nature have rights? In 2008, Ecuador said yes. Doing so forced a reckoning with the country’s mining past.
Meet Jehane Benoît, Canada’s grande dame of culinary nationalism.
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