TSL:SFN – Shelter and Storm w/ Tamara Dean

TSL:SFN – Shelter and Storm w/ Tamara Dean

Tamara Dean is an award-winning essayist whose work explores the intersection of nature, community, and resilience. In Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless (University of Minnesota Press, April 22, 2025), she reflects on her move to a Wisconsin farm and the lessons learned through living close to the land. Through twelve vivid essays, Dean blends science, history, and […]

My Third Pillar of Sustainability – Connection

My Third Pillar of Sustainability – Connection

We covered my three pillars of sustainability, went into detail on how I use the lens of health and the lens of happiness to shape my behavior, and now it’s time for the final pillar and lens: connection.  In a way, I feel like connection is the pillar that really ties everything together – I can be at the top […]

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

TSL:SFN – The Insect Epiphany w/ Barrett Klein

Barrett Klein investigates mysteries of sleep in societies of insects, creates entomo-art, and is ever on the search for curious connections that bind our lives with our six-legged allies. Barrett studied entomology at Cornell University and the University of Arizona, fabricated natural history exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, worked with honeybees for his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, […]

My Second Pillar of Sustainability: Happiness

My Second Pillar of Sustainability: Happiness

In my previous two posts, I described my three pillars to a meaningful life: health, happiness, and connection. They are 3 lenses that I use to evaluate everything I do in life and see whether it’s contributing positively to my life or not. Then I went into a bit more detail about how I use the lens of health. Now […]

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