a journal of reflective environmental practice
Originally posted on July 28, 2017 Image: A rare January huckleberry harvest. Photo by Tom Leskiw by Tom Leskiw Guest Contributor When my wife, Sue, and I were looking to buy a home in northwestern California in 2000, we felt our combined experience in…
Originally posted on May 15, 2017 Image: George Archibald, “Wattled Cranes Forage While a Family Washes Their Clothes,” Crane Media Collective, used by permission by Kelly Hoyer Guest Contributor Animal poaching first came to my attention when I learned about the ivory trade. When…
Originally posted on March 21, 2016 Image: on the trail to Atlantic Creek, photo by Jeff Anderson by Eric McDuffie Guest Contributor When I first hired the guide of J.R. Haecker Outdoors Wilderness Expeditions in March, 1993, he told me over the phone I…
Originally posted on August 17, 2015 by Roger Real Drouin Guest Contributor Under the palmetto overgrown back against the fence, I drink my coffee. Loyal hound mutt Sandy lies beside me. She’s unsteady now on her feet—that’s the medicine. Phenobarbital, strong stuff. She…
Originally posted on July 20, 2015 Image: Pangaea Exploration’s “Sea Dragon,” photo by Melanie P. Kumar Editor’s note: A few months back we let you know about a Writing at Sea excursion with Pangaea Exploration, and that we were partnering with them to host a writing contest,…
Originally posted on July 13, 2015 Image: “Turtle Study,” used by permission from the artist, Kim Rody, www.turtleartista.com Editor’s note: A few months back we let you know about a Writing at Sea excursion with Pangaea Exploration, and that we were partnering with them to host a…
Originally posted on June 22, 2015 Image: Michelle Mileham sitting trailside in Glacier National Park while visiting the park with her family in 2012 by Jenny de la Hoz & Michelle Mileham Guest Contributors How do people come to the environmental movement? What part of their…
Originally posted on December 15, 2014 Note from the Editor: We recently wrote a review of Law of the Jungle, a new book about the Ecuadorian lawsuit against Texaco/Chevron regarding its treatment of the Ecuadorian rain forest, waterways, and indigenous people. We also did a…
Originally posted on October 9, 2013 by Kyhl Lyndgaard Guest Contributor “While not exactly trying to spearhead a new wave of urinary literature, I have not been shy about relieving myself in my writing.” –David Gessner, “Marking My Territory” My loss of…
