environment Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/environment/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:37:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png environment Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/tag/environment/ 32 32 Permaculture Pedagogies and the Art of Living Together: Timor-Leste’s Aspirational School Curriculum https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/ https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:33:01 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=47221 In Timor-Leste, children now learn to grow vegetables, conserve water, and design permaculture gardens as part of the national school curriculum.

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/permaculture-pedagogies-and-the-art-of-living-together-timor-lestes-aspirational-school-curriculum/feed/ 0 When the Ground Refuses to Settle: Living with Unfinished Landscapes in the Western Ghats  https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/ https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:29:23 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46749 On the national highway that cuts across the lower slopes of the Western Ghats, the surface itself is rarely the […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/when-the-ground-refuses-to-settle-living-with-unfinished-landscapes-in-the-western-ghats/feed/ 0 Alternatives to Extractivism. A manifesto of propositions and unresolved questions https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/ https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:07:42 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45766 In memory of Sabine Luning(30 August 1959 – 6 March 2025) whose support and input has shaped our thinking in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/alternatives-to-extractivism-a-manifesto-of-propositions-and-unresolved-questions/feed/ 0 The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/ https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45601 Andreas Malm. 2024. The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth. London. New York: Verso Urgency is the word that […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/the-destruction-of-palestine-is-the-destruction-of-the-earth/feed/ 0 Return to a Bare Land https://allegralaboratory.net/return-to-a-bare-land/ https://allegralaboratory.net/return-to-a-bare-land/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:05:51 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=45274 “Al-‘ard haafya. La terra è nuda [the land is bare].” Abdu concluded one of our discussions with this sentence in […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/return-to-a-bare-land/feed/ 0 ‘What is sustainability if not a regulation?’: Social Life of Sustainability in Metal Markets  https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-sustainability-if-not-a-regulation-social-life-of-sustainability-in-metal-markets/ https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-sustainability-if-not-a-regulation-social-life-of-sustainability-in-metal-markets/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44425 London Metal Exchange Week is Europe’s biggest annual gathering of actors in the metal sector — representatives of mining companies […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/what-is-sustainability-if-not-a-regulation-social-life-of-sustainability-in-metal-markets/feed/ 0 Movement and Meaning for Oil and Gas Data Vendors https://allegralaboratory.net/movement-and-meaning-for-oil-and-gas-data-vendors/ https://allegralaboratory.net/movement-and-meaning-for-oil-and-gas-data-vendors/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44610 In figure 1, the pen in John’s hand points to a column on the computer screen. On the same screen […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/movement-and-meaning-for-oil-and-gas-data-vendors/feed/ 0 Regulating Underwater Worlds: Anthropology, experts & thinking cross culturally about the sea https://allegralaboratory.net/regulating-underwater-worlds-anthropology-experts-thinking-cross-culturally-about-the-sea/ https://allegralaboratory.net/regulating-underwater-worlds-anthropology-experts-thinking-cross-culturally-about-the-sea/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:09:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=43974 Thinking about the sea  Figure 1: The Sea is Not Empty’, the Women Dreaming emerging from the sea in Marra […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/regulating-underwater-worlds-anthropology-experts-thinking-cross-culturally-about-the-sea/feed/ 0 Deregulated Grids, Natural Gas and the Texas Freeze – A Cautionary Tale https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/ https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:04:00 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=44015 A little after 1 am on Feb. 15, 2021 during a frigid storm, the Texas electric grid came close to […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/deregulated-grids-natural-gas-and-the-texas-freeze-a-cautionary-tale/feed/ 0 Two sides of the same Euro: A field note on recent farmer protests from southern Italy https://allegralaboratory.net/two-sides-of-the-same-euro-a-field-note-on-recent-farmer-protests-from-southern-italy/ https://allegralaboratory.net/two-sides-of-the-same-euro-a-field-note-on-recent-farmer-protests-from-southern-italy/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:00:25 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=41349 Between February 8 and 9, 2024, two fleets arrived in Brindisi, a port city in the southern Italian region of […]

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