by Michael Stewart
“This is a picture of what kind of world we could live in if we only willed it.”
The beautiful image you see is not photoshopped. It is a photo of the heirloom “Glass Gem” maize variety recently rescued by seedsperson Greg Schoen and carefully stewarded...
May
15
By Christopher Majka
“The sedge is wither’d from the lake, and no birds sing.” – John Keats, 1819, La belle dame sans merci
In 1962 I was only eight years old, but I listened with fascination as my mother read segments of Rachel Carson’s seminal book, Silent Spring, to...
Apr
30
Dolphin Apocalypse in Peru
An apocalyptic die-off of dolphins is occurring along the coastline of northern Peru. The reasons for the die-off are as yet unknown, though several culprits have emerged.
During February of this year, reports appeared in a few newspapers that as many as 260 dolphins had...
Apr
26
Where I live in Southern California, it’s not uncommon to see 10-foot waves crash on the beach and then roll back out. Like tides and storm surges, waves come and go. Standing on the beach watching the waves roll in, it can be hard to get excited about global sea level rise, which until now has...
Mar
28
Dr. Suess’s “The Lorax” book was published in 1971, coincidentally, the same year I was born. Forty+ years later, I find myself in a vocation having a lot to do with trees and the book hitting the silver screen. Besides these parallels giving me shivers, the likeness of the message...
Mar
22
Who owns nature?
By Dr. Kristine Kevorkian
"The Crying Indian" 1971 anti-littering PSA from Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council
I ask myself this question all the time. When there’s an environmental disaster such as the BP oil spill in the Gulf, or deforestation in the Amazon, who...
Feb
15
Toward a Post-Modern Environmentalism
Environmentalism is generally viewed as the movement designed to help protect and preserve the natural world around us, distinct from the artificial world of homes, neighborhoods and cities. This is an overly narrow view. Environmentalism needs to be extended...
Jan
17
Wade Graham is a Los Angeles, California -based garden designer, historian, and writer whose work on the environment, landscape, urbanism and the arts has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s and other publications. This year, he authored two distinct works about gardens – American Eden, a...
Jan
09
