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Dear Mr. Paulson, Re Your Recent NY Times Op-Ed about Mass Extinction

Dear Mr. Paulson, Re Your Recent NY Times Op-Ed about Mass Extinction Dear Mr. Paulson, You arguably are one of the most powerful, famous, and networked men in the world, with many important accomplishments. I am the completely ordinary, middle class, volunteer steward of 53 acres of publicly owned, remnant floodplain woodland situated on the […]

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Native Shrubs and Why They’re Essential for Carbon Sequestration

Native Shrubs and Why They’re Essential for Carbon Sequestration Sand prairie merging into shrubland in southeast Wisconsin. Credit: The Prairie Botanist “Shrubbiness is such a remarkable adaptive design that one may wonder why more plants have not adopted it.” (H. C. Stutz, 1989) In light of the newest IPCC and US climate change reports, coupled with […]

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Constructing Hope: A Discussion of “Green Earth”

Constructing Hope: A Discussion of “Green Earth” Neither hope nor its cousin joy are to be confused with optimism. The latter tends to be more a quality of temperament than a realistic assessment of prospects. As for the former, well, you have to go looking for them, or even, laboriously, construct them for yourself, at […]

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On Pretending That What’s Happening Isn’t Actually Happening

On Pretending That What’s Happening Isn’t Actually Happening  “Unbelievable Winter Color” by Albert H. Krehbiel Des Plaines River, 1928 Deep Winter Ruminations In December I found myself sliding into a state of extreme unwillingness to take on new projects, to continue work on those in hand, to write, or do much of anything else, really, […]

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Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It?

Backyard Carbon Sequestration: What Does Synthetic Fertilizer Have to Do with It? Part two of a series exploring how regenerative gardening techniques can enhance carbon storage while improving soil health. In part one I discussed some of the principles behind the factors involved in soil health and how plants and the soil biological community work […]

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Earthcare, Literally Speaking

Earthcare, Literally Speaking A version of this essay appeared in the May-June 2015 edition of BeFriending Creation, the newsletter of Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW), with the title “An Earth Testimony.” In light of the Pope’s climate encyclical, it seems appropriate to share more widely. From the beginning, care for the living Earth and all its creatures has been woven […]

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