Robert Cording: Ghost Forest
Tonight, I’m not here
to pretend this place that has been lost,
can be saved, but simply to stand here,
at the edge of what once was
and remember the sound of wind in the pines
Sandy Solomon: Grief
I move back and forth
down the supermarket aisles,
the way I move back and forth
through grief’s famous stages.
Michael Daley: Ground Work
swan, coyote, wolf, swallow, butterfly will multiply and prosper,
wilderness sprout through pavement and skylines
Video: Isabella Kirkland | The Beauty of Wildlife — And an Artistic Call to Protect it
Investigating humanity’s relationship to nature, she shares work that takes a creative stand against ecological despair — and quietly urges climate action through permanent images of vanishing wildlife.
Christopher J. Preston: Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals
Recovering animals encounter a world that is markedly different from the one in which they declined, especially in terms of how people think about wildlife.
Matthew J. Parker: The Howling Resurrection of Ninemile
Until very recently, the score stood at Cows, 99,200,000, Wolves 0…. It took a lot of money to kill every last wolf out of the West. We behaved badly doing it: setting them on fire, feeding them ground up glass, et cetera.
Veronica Frans, Jianguo Liu: Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature
A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.
Jake Johnson: Climate Crisis Pushes Migratory Monarch Butterflies Onto Endangered List
“Decisive action to tackle climate change and restore ecosystems” is badly needed to rescue the beloved subspecies, experts say.
Danielle DeTiberus: Selection Pressures
Only a man,
standing in line at Lowe’s, red leaf blower and blue
electrical tape in his cart. Unlike the lizard,
we can imagine his dreams.
