By Rahawa Haile In this essay from Outside Magazine, Rahawa Haile reflects on the experience of hiking the Appalachian trail as a queer black woman. Her essay covers questions of race and politics, as well as evocatively describing her own rich relationship to the natural world. It’s the spring of 2016, and I’m ten miles … More Going It Alone
by Bill McKibben, Outside Magazine Bill McKibben is a famous environmentalist who first broke out in the mainstream with his The End of Nature in 1998. It was one of the first texts to address the true crisis of climate change. Yet he’s also written countless other articles, both serious and humorous, about nature, climate, … More Cross Country Ski Your Way to Shining Health, Renewed Vigor, and Everlasting Happiness!
By Amanda Petrusich In this extraordinary interview in The New Yorker, poet and environmental activist Wendell Barry reflects on his decision to move back to a farm in Kentucky from New York City. He considers the concept of “home”, wonders about the future of agriculture in America, discusses the rootlessness of society, and ponders existential … More Going Home with Wendell Berry
By Brian McCammack in “EdgeEffects” In this essay, McCammack consider’s the place of DuBois environmental writing in the greater cannon of nature-writers. He argues the need for DuBois’ writing to be validated: that his writing covers many of the same themes and questions as Muir and Thoreau and, like these other authors, considers the importance … More W. E. B. DuBois and the American Environment
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