By Richard Louv on November 18th, 2013 On Nov. 16, at the annual Learning & the Brain conference in Boston, Mass., I offered some of the following remarks in a keynote address. My topic was “The Hybrid Mind.” This was drawn in … Continued
View Sean’s latest article, an Interview with Eric Dinerstein. Connecting With Nature Requires Public Access to the Natural World July 2012 – Originally Posted HERE. People in the United States have a slowly eroding relationship with nature, but we … Continued
Original Article here on Gallatin Valley Land Trust. By Whitney Tilt If only someone had mentioned that Latin might be useful one day. In elementary school, attempting to study Latin, my classmates and I often complained, “Latin killed the Romans, … Continued
Original Article here on Gallatin Valley Land Trust By Whitney Tilt Harbingers of Spring Spring has sprung in the Northern Rockies. Warm sunny days interspersed with snow and rain mark Montana’s late spring. Time to exact revenge against all those … Continued
O Thou Weed A weed is a plant that does not have a publicist. It is a plant growing where it is not wanted… at least not wanted by humans. As Richard Mabey observes in Weeds, weeds are plants whose reputations, and … Continued
From NationalGeographic.com An Abundance of Rarity, Prairies and Beyond – with Eric Dinerstein In his travels around the world, World Wildlife Fund Lead Scientist Eric Dinerstein has been fortunate to experience an abundance of today’s uncommon creatures. His latest book, The Kingdom of Rarities,takes readers … Continued
Courtesy of http://www.gvlt.org/ Snorkeling with GVLT by Whitney Tilt, Board Member “Land Snorkeling” is a term first coined by GVLT supporters Clyde and Carol Aspevig for taking the time to look closer at the nature around us, like slowly snorkeling … Continued
Article from the New York Times, Full Article HERE. Finding Zen in a Patch of Nature SEWANEE, Tenn. — It is afternoon in a hardwood forest on the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and the cicadas are singing. David Haskell, … Continued
Our founder and website were written up in the Montana Standard! View the online article here and below, or click the images below for scans from the paper! Land snorkeling — Effort reacquaints adults and kids with nature … Continued
Insect Discoveries, Delightful and Disturbing By MARIELLE ANZELONE “What was that?” I wonder as something flutters past me at the edge of Corson’s Brook Woods on Staten Island. I look up and see the sky alive with dozens of rapidly beating … Continued