The Biennial Conference is one of the primary activities of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH). A scholarly society that was founded in 1999 to promote environmental history in Europe and around the globe, the Society’s intent is to stimulate dialogue between humanistic scholarship, environmental science, and other disciplines.The ESEH conference will bring an estimated five hundred participants to Munich. Also, for the first time, alumni of the Rachel Carson Center established and prominent scholars from more than forty different countries will gather in Munich to discuss their work.