'To make a prairie' by Emily Dickinson To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. My mind turns often these days to identity. It is both searingly difficult and
Anomie - social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values - personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals Antisocial - averse to the society of others - hostile or harmful to organized society Xenophobia - fear and hatred of strangers or
"...without [wonder] we are in danger of thinking that “nature” is elsewhere, in the woods or the safari park or on some eco-resort in Central America, rather than here and everywhere, and dependent, for its safe keeping, on our sense of wonder.(1)" It was a drowsy August
"There is no beauty but in relationships. Nothing cut off by itself is beautiful. Never can things in destructive relationships be beautiful. all beauty is in the creative purpose of our relationships; all ugliness is in the destructive aims of the destroyers arrangements.(1)" At the heart, rewilding
Migrante (Migrant) by Rafael Calderón-Parra Tú, que eres migrante, Tú bien sabes del dolor Encontrar, que a tu regreso, Lo que amaste, se esfumó You, who are a migrant, You know well the pain Finding that upon your return, What you loved is gone. Al menos te ofrezco, Un remanso,
"Whether you are walking, standing, sitting, or lying down the earth will speak. You may give it expression or not. It is your choice.(1)" What does the philosophy of landscape rewilding ask us to do? In a word, listen. We need to observe the natural landscape around
Physical landscapes are the stage on which we perform our own beliefs and values. Destroying and creating wilderness is a way to define who we are and who we want to be. Lawns represent the individual battles in a very long war. In this essay I will trace the paths
According to the National Wildlife Foundation, Americans dispose of over 35 million tons of yard waste every year. I know my neighbors are certainly busy gathering up the leaves into their brown paper bags. It always strikes me as odd, especially in a neighborhood where almost everyone's house
Spending time at the tiny nature preserve down the street from me has been my important ritual for decades now. It is the place I've taken first dates and new friends. It's also my place to clear my mind. I decided to get divorced on a
I look out over my back yard and I see many things. I see the tunnel the woodchuck has burrowed under the fence. I see the twirling maple samaras transformed into seedling trees. I see plenty of work I could be doing. I see my home, the place where I