Book Reviews

Journal Name: Environment and SocietyVolume: 11Issue: 1Pages: 148-162

Images of Leisure and Outdoor Activities in the 1930s

In Sweden, leisure time and outdoor activities were important parts of the 1930s welfare society. The aim of this study is to examine the usefulness of some different source categories in the Nordic Museum’s collections and to complement representations of 1930s ideals about health, leisure time and outdoor activities.

Experiments in Excreta to Energy: Sustainability Science and Bio-Necro Collaboration in Urban Ghana

In the quest for alternatives to energy extraversion and carbon-heavy extraction, transformation of waste to energy is growing worldwide. In Ghana’s working-class city of Ashaiman, an international NGO converts faecal waste into electricity through a massive biodigester. Fed by public toilets, the power is sold back to residents.

Prelude to a Grid: Energy, Gender and Labour on an Electric Frontier

People in the Singida region of Tanzania have long utilized diverse energy sources for subsistence. How do rural Singidans eke energy from their natural and social environment? How can ideas of the sun and of labour in Nyaturu cosmology inform understandings of energy? And how are new energy technologies reshaping Singida’s social and economic landscape?