# Adam Rome
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Adam Ward Rome is an American environmental historian. In his book Bulldozer in the Countryside, he examines how the post World War II residential construction boom and its resulting urban sprawl contributed to the rise of the modern environmental movement.
== Life ==
Rome graduated from Yale University summa cum laude, studied at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas.
How the Green Generation came of age
Even amidst all of the domestic and international policy issues that come and go with each administration, perhaps the one that has the greatest staying power, is the environment. The roots and reasons go back almost thirty-five years.
Originally conceived in September of 1969 as a nationwide...
4. Adam Rome — An Historical Perspective on Our Environmental Future
Each year, we celebrate Earth Day; and each year, our collective actions lead to more greenhouse gas emissions, more habitat destruction, and more species extinctions. It’s hard for Earth Day not to feel like more of a superficial patting of ourselves on the back or a greenwashing opportunity for...
Earth Day
Earth Day in Social Isolation
Guest Ben Abbott, Assistant Professor, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University
How to celebrate Earth Day when so many of us are stuck inside due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Origins of Earth Day
Guest: Adam Rome, Professor, Environment and Sustai...
Is it time to rethink Earth Day?
We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a big deal, and whether the modern version needs a reboot.
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3. Adam Rome — An Historical Perspective on Our Environmental Future
The full-page ad for the first Earth Day, published in The New York Times on January 18, 1970.
Each year, we celebrate Earth Day; and each year, our collective actions lead to more greenhouse gas emissions, more habitat destruction, and more species extinctions. It’s hard for Earth Day not to fee...
Leveraging a Sustainable World: An Interview with Dr. Adam Rome
For this week’s podcast, we have our Environmental Policy Student Assistant, Amy Bentley, interviewing Professor Adam Rome from the Department of Environment and Sustainability. Listen as he discusses his background in sustainable development, work on his new book, and sustainable policy and econ...
One Minute Monday: Queer Ecology
For this week's OMM, we hear from our very own Sustainability Engagement Coordinator, Derek Nichols, as he discusses the misunderstanding we have about queerness and its relation to ecology. Join us again later this week for an interview with Professor Adam Rome!
Dr. Elsa Devienne, '"Paper or Plastic?": The Forgotten Movement to Ban Polystyrene in the US and the (Lost) Battle of Perception (1980s to today)'
“What happened? At one point, we were really close to banning polystyrene. What happened?”
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Elsa Devienne (Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Northumbria University), a scholar of the twentieth-century United States with expertise in ...
