Global Fat Resources: Connecting Themes, Approaches and Narratives, c. 1850–2020s

INTRODUCTION
Global Fat Resources: Connecting Themes, Approaches and Narratives, c.1850–2020s Elena Kochetkova, Matthias Heymann, Ines Prodöhl

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Fat: Lubricant of Modernity Ines Prodöhl

Autarkic, but Global: Fat Supply and Whaling in Pre-war Nazi Germany Ole Sparenberg

Whaling as an Interim Oil Supply Industry: The Rise and Fall of Whale Oil in the Competitive Fat and Oil Markets Jun Akamine

Roots and Dynamics of Dutch Foreign Plant-oil Demands 1920–2020 Frank Veraart, Maliene Kip, Janine Glas, Dulce Van Vliet

From Communal Agropastoral Practices to the Slaughterhouses in the Brazilian Border Line with Argentina: The Significance of Lard in Settlers’ Narratives (1930s–1960s) Claiton Marcio Da Silva, Elisandra Forneck, Aline Maisa Lubenow

Cod and its Oil, Cuisine and its Supplements: Fish Fragmentation, Commodity Connections and Naturalising Resources in Newfoundland L. Sasha Gora

Fish Oil’s Journey through Russian and Soviet History Julia Lajus, Dmitry Lajus

Food Chemistry, Fat Experiment and Palm Oil in Late Soviet Politics and Industry Elena Kochetkova

Global Entanglements of Palm Oil and Kernel Extraction from French West Africa (c. 1840–1960) Giovanni Tonolo

Advocating for Inclusive Narratives: A Call for Critical Engagement with the Palm Oil Agribusiness Sector Shakila Yacob, Caitlyn Sears

Meanings of Sustainability: the Invention of Sustainable Palm Oil Matthias Heymann

BOOK REVIEWS
Rup Kumar Barman, River, Society and Culture: Environmental Perspectives on the Rivers of Assam and Bengal Sujit Majhi

NOTES FROM THE ICEHOUSE
Notes from the Icehouse – Staying Open: Shaping Environmental History in Sweden Sverker Sörlin

EDITORIAL
Editorial Gabriella Corona

RESEARCH ARTICLES
The Management of Natural Resources and the Emergence of Sustainability Problems in Northern Italy During the Early Modern Period Matteo Di Tullio

Mules, Global Networks, and Settler Colonialism in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915 Martin Kalb

The Geographic, Archaeological and Agricultural Anchors Influencing Historic Migrations of the Negev Bedouin Eli Ashkenazi, Petr Šimáček, Yona Chen

Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Olive Yield in Turkiye Sevil Acar, Oguz Tutal

Toxic Diplomacy: The Waste Crisis and Italian-Nigerian Relations in the Late 1980s Andrea Carnì

Dacoits and Environment in Nineteenth Century Colonial Bengal Bidyut Hari

Creating the Global Environment from Below. The United States Environmental Justice Movement in the World Arena Alice Ciulla

BOOK REVIEW
Giovanni Covone, Altre Terre. Viaggio alla scoperta di pianeti extrasolari Gaia Edes Esposito

NOTES FROM THE ICEHOUSE
Notes from the Icehouse – An Invitation to Strengthen the Global Network of Environmental History Claudia Leal

Creating the ‘Good Life’ in the City: Rethinking Urban Spaces from More- Than-Human Perspectives

INTRODUCTION
Introduction. Creating the ‘Good Life’ in the City: Rethinking Urban Spaces from More-than-human Perspectives Tanja Granzow, Jacqueline Lorenzen, Matthias Schumann

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Spaces for Buen Vivir in the City? Urban Agroecology and Decolonial Processes in Bogotá Birgit Hoinle

The Concept of Rights of Nature in Colombia and Ecuador: Lessons for a ‘Good Life’ in Urban Spaces Marie-Christine Fuchs

Recomposing an Urban Forest in Mumbai Anne Rademacher

The American Single-Family Home: Towards a Social and Environmental History Rob Gioielli

Ecological Civilisation and the ‘Good life’ in Shanghai: Promises and Practices to Achieve Harmony Between Humans and Nature Through (Urban) Redevelopment Harry Den Hartog

Re-articulating Resistance in Urban* Environments. For Edgy, Plural, More-than-human Good Lives in an Age of Translocalisation Elisa T. Bertuzzo

‘Breaking Through the Waves and Tides’: Rethinking Modernity in Qingdao, China Shen Hou

PERSPECTIVE
Simulating Nature: Artistic Reflections on Urban Environments Antonie Angerer

NOTES FROM THE ICEHOUSE
Notes from the Icehouse – Shaping Change for Desirable Futures Alexandra Vlachos

OBITUARY
Obituary: Dr John Dargavel Mauro Agnoletti