Some things are just a given – until they’re not. And thanks to author Emma Marris, many of us will never look at the world in quite the same way again. In her recent book, Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, Marris upends some of the most cherished assumptions in ecology and conservation. In doing so, she skillfully maneuvers through the immediate resistance … Continue reading Our wildest dreams
The snow in the Chic-Choc Mountains of Quebec wasn’t quite deep enough for John Davis to ski the final legs of his 7600 mile trek. But as we sat in a Union Station restaurant in Washington DC this week, just five days after the completion of his epic 10 month journey, Davis ticked off the other modes of personal transport that had propelled him forward … Continue reading An epic challenge
Every year I grapple with the same thing. The first weekend in November typically is gorgeous, with the sun just strong enough by midday to shine a few final bursts of warmth through the bare trees before it withdraws into the dark and cold of December. Most of the leaves are down, although a few still decorate the landscape with splotches of orange or red … Continue reading Inside out
