About Me
Exercise #1: The Personal Essay Am I ever going to accomplish something truly significant? Am I too old now for becoming someone that could change the world, or even a small group of people only 1 degree of separation from me - a.k.a friends and family? Am I just
About Me
How many of you have read this blog since 2020? Probably not too many of you (Hi, mom and dad.). If you are one of those few, you'll remember a series of reflections I wrote for some Method Initiative exercises (you can still find them on this blog,
About Me
1:30am. The baby is starting to fuss. He's hungry. Another 15 minutes and he'll start really wailing. Time to nip this in the bud and go get some milk. The weight of my body feels like it's been multiplied as I try to
About Me
Ever wish you could ditch the guilt associated with throwing away a tube of toothpaste every month? Do you ever go to the supermarket toothpaste aisle and just feel like all the different kinds of toothpastes flavors and benefits are just a bunch of marketing ploys designed to make them
Conservation
First, the tadpoles and frogs disappeared; then the bats and the songbirds left. Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn, a honey bee veterinarian and environmental health scientist, soon realized the bees—the vital pollinators of fruits, plants, and vegetables—were dying. Everything was still and silent. In 2017, after a large flood, most
About Me
Recently, I've been fighting with myself and thinking a lot about what I want this blog to be - Asking myself questions like what should readers expect when they visit my blog? What kind of content would resonate best with my target audience? And with me? Who should my
Conservation
Following a February 10, 2022, court order, gray wolves in the contiguous 48 states and Mexico – with the exception of the Northern Rocky Mountain population – are now protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and listed as threatened in Minnesota and endangered in the remaining states. After being nearly eradicated
carbon footprint
Humans Lived Sustainably for Most of Human History 300,000 years. That is how long humankind lived sustainably - never taking more resources than the planet could replenish or causing irreparable damage. It was an time when we had a deep connection to nature and a profound understanding of our dependence
Climate Change
Sara Turner is a Sustainability Analyst at Nexii Building Solutions, a company dedicated to innovating and creating breakthrough building systems that prove that planet-friendly solutions aren’t a sacrifice — they’re an improvement in every way over the status quo. Sara has been contributing to the green building industry
activism
Did you vote in the last election? Why would you? Your impact is too small to make a difference. There are so many people voting yours barely matters. Maybe you're in a state that doesn't even have that many electoral votes, so now your vote matters
Interview
Buffy Cushman-Patz is the founder and executive director of SEEQS (School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability) Charter School, where students are learning to become stewards of planet Earth and healthy, effective citizens of the world. On top of standard core learning in math, science, social studies, English, and
Environmental Activism
We are not apart from nature. We are a part of nature. We are nature. And nature is us. Harm we do to nature is harm we do ourselves. Good we do to nature is good we do ourselves. We are nature. And nature is us. This is a set