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Edge Effects is the official blog of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. It's latest post excerpts a conversation…

John Metcalfe (@citycalfe) reports on The Atlantic's CityLab blog  about Jill Hubley's (@jill_hubley) wonderful project mapping the trees along the streets of New York. Though New York can sometimes seem like…

In this article for Hybrid Pedagogy, Janine Utell reflects on digital journal editors' opportunity to teach community building: Perhaps by taking on a position as editor of a digital scholarly…

For NPR (National Public Radio), Molly Peterson reports that in Long Beach, California, new "smart meters" record water use every five minutes and send this data to the cloud, helping…

As reported on its blog, Europeana is experimenting with a new Google app that allows you to explore your surroundings using your portable devices. Read more Google’s Field Trip (GFT) is…

Reuters reports that a coalition of NGOs have released in beta a portal to track the commitments of major corporations to tackle deforestation in their supply chains.   Supply Change:…

Photographers Colin Delehanty and Sheldon Neill produced excruciatingly beautiful videos of the landscapes of Yosemite National Park. As Michael Graham Richard (@Michael_GR) writes on treehugger.com: Yosemite National Park is a real…

These five well-designed digital maps act as "exploratory 'what ifs,'" linking historical data to future projects, helping policymakers relate global patterns to regional and local contexts, and demystifying climate science.…