Thoreau’s Life with Flowers
March 29, 2016
Geoff Wisner— After graduating from Harvard College in 1837, Henry David Thoreau returned to the village of Concord, where he taught school with his older brother John. At least once… READ MORE
March 29, 2016
Geoff Wisner— After graduating from Harvard College in 1837, Henry David Thoreau returned to the village of Concord, where he taught school with his older brother John. At least once… READ MORE
March 17, 2016
Christie Wilcox— I love writing a science blog. I write a lot of things—I’ve written peer-reviewed journal articles and a dissertation; I’ve written for major newspapers, science magazines, and chic,… READ MORE
August 26, 2015
Bernie Krause— Nearly twenty years ago, while exploring links between natural soundscapes and music, my dear late father-in-law introduced me to the writings of Paul Shepard. The book, The Others:… READ MORE
August 10, 2015
Dieter Helm’s The Carbon Crunch takes a look at the world’s failure to adequately address climate change and proposes pragmatic, much-needed solutions. The following excerpt is from the preface to… READ MORE
July 6, 2015
Jessica Barnes and Michael Dove— An August 2012 edition of The New Yorker magazine adopted an unseasonal topic for its front cover: Santa Claus. In the illustration, Santa is slumped… READ MORE
July 1, 2015
As a reflection of the state of environmental debates in the United States, the Senate recently could not pass an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill affirming that “human… READ MORE
April 20, 2015
Dieter Helm— Earth Day is one of those great occasions when lots of people with goodwill and concern vent their frustrations at the destruction of our natural environment. They are… READ MORE
April 6, 2015
With spring finally arriving after a long winter, it’s the perfect time for a video on how to make your yard more attractive and safe for our feathered friends. Ornithologist and urban ecologist… READ MORE
March 22, 2015
David Sedlak— In 1980, Julian Simon, an economist at the University of Maryland, bet Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University that the prices of five of the world’s most important metals… READ MORE
March 21, 2015
Robert A. Askins— The window at my desk looks down a snowy slope through gray tree trunks to a heavily forested ridge on the far side of the valley. This… READ MORE