The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

Vicky Albritton is the co-author of Green Victorians: the Simple Life in John Ruskin’s Lake District (Chicago, 2016). She has taught at The University of Chicago, Colorado State University, and Johns Hopkins. Her work has appeared in a variety of media, including The Eighth Lamp: Ruskin Studies Today and Kritik, and the Chicago Book Review. She currently lives in the Indiana Dunes.

Vicky Albritton

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson teaches environmental history at the University of Chicago. He lives in Ogden Dunes, Indiana, with his wife and four cats. He is the author of Enlightenment’s Frontier: the Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism (New Haven, 2013) and, with Vicky Albritton, Green Victorians: the Simple Life in John Ruskin’s Lake District (Chicago, 2016).

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

Can the Great Lakes Be Saved?

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein

Science &amp; Technology

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson teaches environmental history at the University of Chicago. He lives in Ogden Dunes, Indiana, with his wife and four cats. He is the author of Enlightenment’s Frontier: the Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism (New Haven, 2013) and, with Vicky Albritton, Green Victorians: the Simple Life in John Ruskin’s Lake District (Chicago, 2016).