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The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

The Queer Relationship That Powered Rachel Carson’s Nature Writing

Lida Maxwell on Dorothy Freeman, “Silent Spring,” and Rejecting Heteronormativity

By Lida Maxwell | July 18, 2025

An Incomplete Biography of Jane Hirshfield in Six Jobs (with Poems)

An Incomplete Biography of Jane Hirshfield in Six Jobs (with Poems)

Heather Swan on the Many Roles of a Poet, and Friend

By Heather Swan | April 14, 2025

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

Alexander Clapp Explores the Dirty History and Lasting Impact of the International Waste Trade

By Alexander Clapp | March 21, 2025

How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir's Art and Thought

How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir's Art and Thought

Annabel Abbs-Streets on the Idiosyncratic Way the Beauvoirs Hiked Through the World

By Annabel Abbs | February 19, 2025

Forest, Forest Burning Bright: On Humans’ Relationship with Trees in an Era of Climate Change

Forest, Forest Burning Bright: On Humans’ Relationship with Trees in an Era of Climate Change

Lauren E. Oakes Examines the Global Disequilibrium We’ve Created

By Lauren E. Oakes | January 6, 2025

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

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Olivia Laing on the Care and Keeping of Gardens In an Era of Climate Emergency

By Olivia Laing | July 8, 2024

How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

By DW Gibson | June 21, 2024

Navied Mahdavian on Confronting Environmental Degredation in the American West

By Navied Mahdavian | September 11, 2023

Snapshots of the End of Travel: On Trying to Enter a Personal No-Fly Zone

Snapshots of the End of Travel: On Trying to Enter a Personal No-Fly Zone

Amy Benson Wrestles With the Devastating Consequences of Air Travel

By Amy Benson | June 14, 2023

David Suzuki on the Urgency of Scientific Education in an Era of Climate Emergency

David Suzuki on the Urgency of Scientific Education in an Era of Climate Emergency

"It is clear that reason and facts alone no longer suffice to move people and society to action."

By David Suzuki | September 8, 2022

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

Sandra Steingraber on Carson’s Legacy and What We Are Losing

By Sandra Steingraber | December 14, 2021

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of <em

Dune?">What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?

Michael Dirda on the Perennial Resonance of Frank Herbert's Masterpiece

By Michael Dirda | December 2, 2021

How to Help the Environment—and Yourself—by Fostering Insect-Friendly Habitats

How to Help the Environment—and Yourself—by Fostering Insect-Friendly Habitats

Dave Goulson on the Many Benefits of Greening Your Surroundings

By Dave Goulson | September 28, 2021

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

Jonathan Franklin on a Rafting Trip in the USSR with Tom Brokaw and the "Do Boys"

By Jonathan Franklin | August 19, 2021

We Should All Be Playing in the Dirt More... According to Science!

We Should All Be Playing in the Dirt More... According to Science!

Lucy Jones on the Health Benefits of Engaging With the Outdoors

By Lucy Jones | August 6, 2021

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