a journal of reflective environmental practice
We are pleased to announce the publication of Whole Terrain’s volume 23, Breaking Bread. Order your copy of the print volume using this order form (PDF). The volume includes original essays, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art from talented writers, artists, activists, practitioners,…
In How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, filmmaker Josh Fox (GASLAND) starts off the film by describing this dawning realization: “Even though we could beat the fossil fuel industry in our own backyard, we…
Our final call for our About Time volume, as well as the New Terrain Award for undergraduates associated with that volume, ends on December 31, 2017. We seek essays, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art connecting the theme “about time” with…
As we head into the season of giving and receiving, the focal question of the documentary Death by Design: The Dirty Secret of Our Digital Addiction: Where do our phones and other devices come from, and where do they go when they die?…
Check out our call for web content on the theme About Time. This call is for briefer and more focused pieces than our full call for submissions for volume 24, our print volume on About Time. We enjoy posting web content on…
by Cherice Bock Editor, Whole Terrain How do we communicate about climate change to those who don’t notice it impacting their lives on a regular basis? This important question is one that many who are concerned about the environment are asking ourselves…
by Cherice Bock Editor, Whole Terrain What is the role of government in creating and implementing policies that will help hold us all accountable to caring for our shared environment? This question may be on your mind as those of us in…
by Cherice Bock Editor, Whole Terrain At Whole Terrain, we like to celebrate the accomplishments of our authors, artists, and staff. Therefore, we are excited to share with our readers about the publication of Painted Dog Pursuit (Maine Authors Publishing, 2017), written…
by Cherice Bock Editor, Whole Terrain Currently holding the place in humanity’s imagination as the most iconic species endangered by climate change, polar bears terrify and fascinate us. In Michael Engelhard’s Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon (University of…
by Tammy Cloutier Editor, Whole Terrain Extinction is forever. Or is it? Yes, Jurassic Park may initially come to mind for many when the term “de-extinction” (DE) is used. However, and perhaps to the dismay of some, Tyrannosaurus rexand woolly mammoths will not be populating…
