It’s a beautiful fall day. A day that anyone in their right mind would be spending outside in the sunshine,...
I am a simple farmer in a remote part of Bhutan. I live in Bumthang Valley, right in the heart...
THE HIDDEN WORLDS: A novel on environmental stewardship for teens Sandra Ingerman & Katherine Wood [Moon Books, 128 pages] The...
As a photographer’s wife, I’m used to having to entertain myself and the 85-pound (or 39-kilogram) dog we travel with...
It’s about 4:30 p.m. and I am waiting at the coordinates given to me by Lara, one of my colleagues....
On October 4, 2018, I went out with Javi (Dr. Javier Lázaro Tapia) to catch some hedgehogs. He is a...
I remember the moment I gave up hope. It was 1994 and I was pursuing a degree in biology. The...
Choose a moment in your day. It can be as small as when a clerk smiled at you, when you...
Every day, we make decisions that affect our bodies, communities and planet. Where we shop, what we eat, how it’s...
Kathy Roberts is the author of two juvenile fiction/family coloring books, The Way of the Bear and We All Have...
“Treat Nature well, and Nature will treat you well. Hurt or destroy Nature, and Nature will soon destroy you.” –...
When we learn about sustainable economics and the economies of different countries, the discussion often focuses on the big picture,...
There’s a fatal flaw in President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. He proposes to continue and even increase our reliance on...
It’s about this time of year that I start wondering what will happen to all of the pumpkins dotting the...
It’s not news for anyone to hear that beating the living hell out of our natural environment isn’t a good...
WARNING FROM ISHMAEL: The right way to live
The books by Daniel Quinn—most notably Ishmael and the sequel My Ishmael—are both thought-provoking and entertaining.
BUMPER STICKER WISDOM: Lessons learned from the back of a car IV
As I stated in the initial instalment of this series, I find a lot of wisdom in bumper stickers and keep a list of them handy for illustrating and driving home points I’m seeking to make in casual conversation or more public statements.
Join me for a brief thought exercise, will you? Or skip a few lines down. I don’t know how much...
Two recent news stories have cropped up that demonstrate the precariousness of our ability to engage in environmental concerns in...
BARELY THERE: Living naturally without clothes
My family and my very close friends well know my decades-long relationship to clothes—I am not a comfortable carrier of textiles. The moment my feet enter my door, the clothes disappear. I am comfortable in my skin, wrinkles, imperfections and all.
The following article has been excerpted from The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How it Shapes Our Planet by Christian Schwägerl, a book...
Inevitably in late summer, we hear all kinds of stories about encounters with wildlife, either in parks or backyards, or...
Nature, spirituality and the future of industrial society are interesting enough topics to ponder individually. As the author of over...
Earth Day is every day! These 30 thoughtful environment quotes are penned by ecologists, politicians, activists and other great environmentalists....
