Perhaps it is a feature of environmental history in particular that our origins and our past stories shape our interests and our fields of enquiry in myriad ways. This volume of RCC Perspectives brings together short explorative essays from international fellows and alumni of the Rachel Carson Center. Many of the “tracks” in this volume are not well-trodden, and they lead us through a landscape that is mutable and as yet uncharted. Following them will help us understand our human environments both in the past and in the future.