Environmental Rights and Wildfires, Thank You, Canada
On May 30th Canada voted to include the right to a healthy environment in federal law; eight …
Nature
The Climate Conversation Has Changed
It’s no longer just about net-zero carbon emissions. Now it’s about net-zero carbon emissions AND …
A More Dignified Way of Life + How the Medicine Man Learned From Animals
For weeks after I read this book, I couldn’t speak about it without crying. Not because I was sad …
The Gaia Hypothesis, Part 4
In the first 3 parts of this series, we learned what the Gaia hypothesis (now Gaia theory) is; what …
The Gaia Hypothesis, Part 3
In part 2 of this Gaia hypothesis series, we ended with the question: How to prove that Mother Earth …
The Gaia Hypothesis, Part 2
In part 1 of this Gaia hypothesis series, we left off with the question: What led Lovelock to …
The Gaia Hypothesis, Part 1
As a budding environmental science major in the 1990s, the Gaia hypothesis is one of the first …
A Way to Deal With Bugs
In Virginia, you either figure out a way to deal with bugs, or you stay inside all summer. It’s that …
Butterflies
I’ve been painting butterflies in anticipation of spring, which is almost here! I had the idea to do …
For the Love of Composting
If anyone mentions composting in my presence, my face lights up and I can’t help but …
Should the Earth Have Legal Rights?
Does the Earth need legal rights? No, but we need to give them to her. The worldview …
How I Learned to Not Hate Crickets
A cricket is a tough bug to love. I say this despite knowing they’ve been revered as symbols of good …