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Kinds of Blue: On the Human Need to Swim

Kinds of Blue: On the Human Need to Swim

Karen Lloyd Considers the Swan, the Damselfly, and How We Muster Resilience

By Karen Lloyd | November 5, 2021

Patrick Dean on the Daring First Ascent of Denali

Patrick Dean on the Daring First Ascent of Denali

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | November 5, 2021

The Helpful—and Harmful—Consequences of Aesop’s Animal Depictions

The Helpful—and Harmful—Consequences of Aesop’s Animal Depictions

Jo Wimpenny on Easy Stereotypes With Lasting Effects

By Jo Wimpenny | November 3, 2021

Discovering the Message: How Nature Can Heal the Trauma Stored in Our Bodies

Discovering the Message: How Nature Can Heal the Trauma Stored in Our Bodies

Yrsa Daley-Ward on Claiming the Beauty of Starting Again

By Yrsa Daley-Ward | November 3, 2021

Rebecca Solnit: Why It Matters That George Orwell Was a Gardener

Rebecca Solnit: Why It Matters That George Orwell Was a Gardener

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | November 2, 2021

Stan Cox on Fixing Politics in Order to Fix the Planet

Stan Cox on Fixing Politics in Order to Fix the Planet

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 2, 2021

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Teenage Activist Dara McAnulty on the Necessity of Joy

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Reconsidering Thoreau in a Burning World

By Megan Marshall | October 29, 2021

Here are October’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

By Book Marks | October 28, 2021

Richard Powers on How Stories Can Help Us Cultivate Kinship with Other Creatures

Richard Powers on How Stories Can Help Us Cultivate Kinship with Other Creatures

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 25, 2021

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

Oscar Oswald Considers Theocritus, Layli Long Soldier, and the Search for a Wild Poetry

By Oscar Oswald | October 22, 2021

The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

The Resilience of Nature Gives Jane Goodall Hope

The Legendary Naturalist Talks to Douglas Abrams About Growth, Regeneration, and Survival

By Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams | October 21, 2021

How Catherine Raven Got Lucky Enough to Befriend a Wild Fox

How Catherine Raven Got Lucky Enough to Befriend a Wild Fox

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

“Flowers are powerful, and all human beings lead lives intertwined with them.”

By Rebecca Solnit | October 19, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Ben Ehrenreich in Conversation with the Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

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