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Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye “Radiation underground and in the sky // Animals and birds who live nearby are dying” Arguably my favorite song from a transcendent Continue reading
MANY MOONS AGO, THE MODERN green activism movement started with a boat. It was an old fishing trawler captained by John Cormack. A group of young Canadian hippies, Quakers, and ecologists Continue reading
Told through a historic catalog of the plants that take root in the Roman Colosseum, The Weeds is the story of two women—one in 1854 and the other in 2018—fighting to Continue reading
THE TRAIN THAT DERAILED NEAR THE Ohio-Pennsylvania border in February 2023 was hauling mixed frozen vegetables. It was hauling malt liquor and semolina flour as well as chemicals used to make Continue reading
EIGHTEEN MONTHS BEFORE HE CROSSED the river for the final time, Barry Lopez traveled from his home on the banks of the McKenzie to see me in Portland, Oregon, where I was Continue reading
