The Colorado River and the Colonial Blindspot

All Red Natural History Events

Wed 3/27

The Colorado River and the Colonial Blindspot

This panel explores the role that Western science plays in naturalizing the colonial intrusions that produced the contemporary water crisis on the Colorado River, revealing solutions to the crisis that are unimaginable from the settler-colonial view.

Updates from the Red Natural History Fellowship

We’re thrilled to share an update on our Red Natural History Fellowship program, which brings together a visionary group of eight scholar-activists to advance a “natural history for our world in crisis” — a

Natural history for a world in crisis

Our new collection of essays considers how the climate and biocultural diversity crises demand not only a reckoning with public policy but also with the colonial regime of knowledge that has influenced how people see and relate to the land and each other.

Meet the Inaugural Cohort of Red Natural History Fellows

These scholar-activists are making change in their fields and institutions–to redress colonial and environmental harms and advance social and environmental justice. We’re excited to introduce the first cohort of Red Natural History Fellows!