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The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

With Recommendations From Experts David Holmgren, Claudia Joseph, and Tony Rollison

By Catherine Habgood | September 29, 2025

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

"If we value the medicine the land offers us so generously, we must become medicine for the land."

By Robin Wall Kimmerer | June 2, 2025

In Praise of the Inherent Queerness of Nature

In Praise of the Inherent Queerness of Nature

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian Asks Us to Consider the Possibilities of a More Egalitarian Relationship With the Natural World

By Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian | May 28, 2025

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Naomi Klein, Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Andreas Malm, and More

By Catherine Habgood | November 1, 2024

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

The Forgotten Female Novelist Who Foresaw Ecology, Environmentalism, and Realist Fiction

John MacNeill Miller on Harriet Martineau’s Prescient Vision of Humanity

By John MacNeill Miller | September 25, 2024

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Seeing in the Dark: On Bats as Companions, Protectors and Muses

Vanessa Chakour Considers the Essential Role of These Much-Maligned Flying Mammals

By Vanessa Chakour | September 24, 2024

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Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

By Lucy McKeon | May 7, 2024

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

By Sukhada Tatke | December 20, 2023

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

By Ashia Ajani | November 6, 2023

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

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By Keen On | June 27, 2023

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Naira de Gracia Explores the Importance of Species Conservation in Antarctica

By Naira de Gracia | April 7, 2023

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

Eliane Brum on Whiteness, Bodies in Different Languages, and a More Holistic Approach to Ecology

By Eliane Brum | March 8, 2023

The Ocean’s Awesomeness: Farah Obaidullah on Why Our Lives Depend on Healthy Oceans

The Ocean’s Awesomeness: Farah Obaidullah on Why Our Lives Depend on Healthy Oceans

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By Keen On | February 7, 2023

Part Bear, Part Bird, Part Monkey, Part Lizard: On the Deep Weirdness of Beavers

Part Bear, Part Bird, Part Monkey, Part Lizard: On the Deep Weirdness of Beavers

Leila Philip on the Evolutionary Puzzles and Unfathomable Intelligence of the Rodent-Engineers

By Leila Philip | December 8, 2022

Annie Proulx on the Lost Ecological Paradise of the English Fenlands

Annie Proulx on the Lost Ecological Paradise of the English Fenlands

A Story of a Tearing the Infinitely Complex Web of Life

By Annie Proulx | September 27, 2022

What Can the Way We Eat and Enjoy Food Tell Us About Ourselves?

What Can the Way We Eat and Enjoy Food Tell Us About Ourselves?

Jehanne Dubrow On Taste, The Doorway to Our Inner Architecture

By Jehanne Dubrow | August 12, 2022

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