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Mount St. Helens
119 wordsHow can the vastness of stars be absorbed into earth? Borne upwards, torn sideways, woven into valleys? So sings the nighthawk, to whom the air holds no vastness, only the fragrance of Sitka alder, of subalpine fir, and soil drained by steady, cliffside winds. He surges down, where lupine, yarrow, and bulrush breathe through gravel, and nighthawk feels…
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The Greening of Cities, The Restoration of Wilderness,
211 wordsI hope for a world in which the wild has been restored. Seas of open wilderness interspersed with islands of settlements. Cities, but not as we know them now. Buildings with solar panel roofs. Streets of moss, or low-growing grass, lined with raspberry bushes and flickering birch trees. Small homes; open, light, window-heavy, where blue…
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The Redwoods
154 wordsIn my “barefoot” walking sandals I wander along endless wood sorrel carpets. Head tilted up, always up. I want to hum to match their steady breathing. There is no wind. The trees; they catch it all. They are not the ones who show us the wind; they are the ones who steal it, who absorb…
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Which is Greener: E-Readers or Paper Books?
370 wordsAs an environmental studies grad, an author, and a lover of reading, I often think about the environmental impact of books. I wrote my first novel, Call of the Sun Child, in praise of the natural world–especially the magnificence of trees–yet every paper copy I sell is the carcass of a dead tree. From across the forest…
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