a journal of reflective environmental practice
Originally posted on October 8, 2011 by Hanna Wheeler Image: Julia Shipley grows 50 percent of her diet in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Photo by Hanna Wheeler If chores were a car trip, instead of a process from one end of the barn to…
Originally posted January 23, 2011 Author Howard Mansfield sifts through the commonplace and the forgotten to discover stories that tell us about ourselves and our relationship to the world. He shows us artifacts— a stone wall, a refurbished ax, a railroad timetable— and translates…
Originally posted on December 15, 2010 by Hanna Wheeler Julie Zickefoose is one of the lucky few who are gutsy enough to make a living — and a difference — by doing something they love. She spends most of each day walking,…
Originally posted October 27, 2010 by Hanna Wheeler Jan Reynolds’ photographs and stories whisk you around the world in 80 seconds, but they always bring home a message of sustainability and cultural appreciation. Her adventures include the first circumnavigation of Mount Everest, a…
Originally posted October 20, 2010 Image: “Interpreting Fire Point,” Erika Osborne, digital print of drawing on skin, 20″ x 27″, 2005. Art from this series, “Imprinting Place,” as well as her “Mapping Bodily Connection” series appeared in Whole Terrain’s Volume 18: Boundaries….
Originally posted October 13, 2010 by Hanna Wheeler Alexandra Zissu is the locavore movement’s cooler best friend. Located in Manhattan, she hangs out with the urban “tattooed and fresh-faced” artisan butchers and gives advice on the season’s most stylish, locally-made beauty products….
Originally posted April 22, 2010 Monadnock Literary & Arts Festival author Sy Montgomery’s new book Birdology is featured in the April 2010 US Airways magazine. If you’re flying this month, reach into the seat pocket to read: “Birds as Individuals,” or fly over to the US…
