Andrea Wulf

Juliana v US - important climate change lawsuit ...

Hugely honoured to be an expert witness for this very important constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v US.

It'll start on 29 October - for the first time climate change is brought to trial.

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Here is their podcast.

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21 children suing the US government. Their complaint asserts that, through the government's affirmative actions that cause climate change, it has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources. This is going to be HUGE

NSPR Radio Interview: Cultivating Place

Here is an interview I did with North State Public Radio in California. It's a ½ hour interview about Brother Gardeners, Founding Gardeners and The Invention of Nature - trying to tie them all together. 

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NSPR Cultivating Place

 

The Atlantic Column: Thomas Jefferson

Here is my next column on the history of science for The Atlantic. Revisiting an old favourite. 

"Thomas Jefferson's Quest to Prove America's Natural Superiority"

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British Library Blog Entry: Andrea Wulf 'Old Bits of Trees'

Here is my blog entry for the Britsh Library Blog about the trees coming down in George Washington's Mount Vernon - but also about a Washington momento that I now own. 

click here for blog entry ... and note my new title 'Eccles Centre Writer-in-Residence emeritus'!!

 

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Farming, Sustainability: America's Founders Understood

And finally an article that actually gets what the “Founding Gardeners” is all about. Time for environmentalists to claim their stake in the ideals that shaped the American nation …

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Radio Interview: Founding Gardeners on NPR WAMU 88.5

I was interviewed for NPR WAMU 88.5

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Interview Brother Gardeners: La Presse, Canada

Here is an interview with the Canadian newspaper La Presse. 

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New York Times: Paperback Row - Founding Gardeners

"Combining the suspense of war and political debate with a view of private lives, Wulf reminds us that the first four presidents were passionate botanists whose country seats became laboratories for their visions of an agrarian republic in the New World," New York Times

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Review Founding Gardeners Paperback UK in The Independent

Here is a nice little review from The Indenpendence

“unusual book … [Wulf’s] account is persuasive, and enlivened with vivid descriptions of US countryside from "soaring white pines" to "swathes of quamash" that "shimmer like lakes" across the plains,” The Independent

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Review Founding Gardeners UK paperback in The Guardian

Here is a lovely review of the UK paperback of "Founding Gardeners" in The Guardian

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