Center for Culture, History, and Environment

To understand changing environments

in the present and the future, we must seek also to understand environmental change in the past; to understand changes in the natural world, we must seek also to understand changes in human culture.

The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)

at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison

draws together faculty, staff, graduate students, and others from a wide array of academic disciplines to investigate environmental and cultural change in the full sweep of human history. Read more

If you are interested in joining our email list, or for more general information about CHE, contact us at che@mailplus.wisc.edu.

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Colloquia



Wednesday, April 29



"Re-enchanting the Land: Putting Sense of Place on the Radio"

The Environmental History Colloquium welcomes Anne Strainchamps of Wisconsin Public Radio, host of the popular series To the Best of Our Knowledge.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
204 Bradley Memorial Building

see all Colloquia Dates »

Certificate

The application for the new CHE Certificate is now online. For more information, check out this Overview of the certificate program and information about the Curriculum.

Deadline April 1, 2009

CHE accepts application twice a year. The next application deadline is April 1st.

Contact William Cronon with questions about the CHE certificate program.

Film Festival

Mark your calendars now for the second edition of Tales from Planet Earth, which will be November 6-8, 2009. Check out our web site throughout the year for periodic updates about the upcoming festival. Read more about the festival's first edition in this recap.

Natural Wisconsin

Seven students, one professor, two award-winning guest filmmakers, two months, and one big challenge: to investigate, critique and expand on just what makes an environmental documentary "environmental?"

We started with the following question: What’s So Natural About Wisconsin?

Click below to find out.

 

News & Events



Innovative Environmental Service Learning Recognized

Todd Goddard, CHE graduate affiliate, Ph.D. candidate, EnglishWisconsin Week (April 22, 2009) has recognized Todd Goddard, CHE graduate affiliate and Ph.D. candidate in English, for his writing course that places students as writers for local nonprofits working on environmental issues. Students thereby gain real-world experience and knowledge of particular environmental problems, and practice writing for real audiences. Read more

"Botanical Collections from Costa Rica," work by illustrator, artist, and activist Gini Knight, is on display through May 2009 in Bradley Memorial.

Frutas


Illustration by Gini Knight from The Common Trees of Cabo Blanco Absolute
Nature Reserve.