Who owns the natural world, and who gets to decide its future?
I had the pleasure of speaking with renowned environmental activist and champion of water justice Maude Barlow about her new book, Earth for Sale.
@MaudeBarlow @NewBooksNetwork
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Some good news. Atlantic County's wastewater plant is filtering microplastics before they reach the ocean, with devices that copy marsh plants. We spent a century draining New Jersey's marshes. Now we build imitations of them to clean up after ourselves.
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One awkward, grim joke from me a year ago; one real headline today about “Lake America.” #LakeAmerica #LakeOntario #GreatLakes #EnvironmentalHistory
Clip:
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Full story:
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If you've ever spent a summer morning on Lake Hopatcong, you know its magic. But did you know the water you're looking at completely transformed America's early vacation scene and powered the historic Morris Canal?
#LakeHopatcong #NJHistory #MorrisCanal #NewJersey #LakeHopatcong
@AstrasSandi This is you 👇
Today, a thriving indie literary community is carrying on the tradition, with residents organizing backyard reading series and community writing workshops. “There’s some sort of pull to the area that doesn’t exist elsewhere,” said David Haas.
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My book is now available at NY’s oldest used and rare bookstore, Books End, in Syracuse!
Stepping back in time with this vintage postcard of the Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club. 🚤
#LakeHopatcong #VintagePostcard #NewJerseyHistory
A book worth checking out. Read the review below.
Astras on Wahu-Mũchiri, 'Writing on the Soil: Land and Landscape in Literature from Eastern and Southern Africa'
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I had a wonderful conversation with the innovative Dr. Veronica House @NewBooksNetwork on her book Local Organic newbooksnetwork.com/local-or… Listen in!
Explore the scientific biography of Hudson Maxim and many other fascinating titles in their collection @SciHistoryOrg
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Enjoy a new @NewBooksNetwork episode featuring historian Timothy Kneeland on his thought-provoking book Declaring Disaster. It is a revealing look at how politics and policy shape our response to catastrophe. Great conversation with a brilliant scholar.
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A new @NewBooksNetwork episode with one of today’s leading voices in environmental studies, @Danny__Mac__ about his fascinating new book. Such a pleasure meeting him and having this conversation.
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It was an honor to do this interview. ‘Richard Buttny, "Unfracked: The Struggle to Ban Fracking in New York" (U Massachusetts Press, 2024)’ by @NewBooksNetwork in Environmental Studies megaphone.link/NBNK572365643…
I appreciate Hopatcong Mayor Galate for mentioning my book.
Here's a brief look at the remarkable work she's doing:
-Tackling environmental challenges
-Supporting community organizations
-Securing federal funding
-Improving infrastructure
And more!
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Interesting bit of history…but
“Lake Hopatcong turns out to be in sort of central New Jersey, not far from Morristown.” 🤔
#chess #lakehopatcong
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Check this out from RU Special Collections and University Archives! sinclairnj.blogs.rutgers.edu…
And thank you to @RutgersU for including my Lake Hopatcong book among those wonderful local texts.
Interesting to see a visual (in pink) of how much Maxim’s Park Land Company owned of Hopatcong in 1912 (image from Hagley Museum and Library Archives). All of this was either developed or donated.
#LakeHopatcong #history
