Halcyon Journey: Searching for Kingfishers
Kingfishers are birds more often heard than seen. Walk next to Bear Creek here in the Rogue Valley and you will probably hear them, though seeing them is not so …
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Green Stories short story competition
Here’s a short story contest worth looking into (and free to submit)… Often when promoting waste reduction and reduction of high-energy activities, such as running hot water, we come up …
Understories Writers’ Workshop is now taking applications
Before you read further, please note that this opportunity is intended for scholars and educators in Environmental Humanities. I’m not but, reading this, I wish I was… The University of …
Ecofiction on Reddit
Our good friend Mary Woodbury has created a subreddit devoted to Ecofiction: A place to find meaningful fictional stories about our natural world and humanity’s connection with it. The subreddit …
EcoLit Books Roundup
There is only so much time to read all the amazing books we receive here at EcoLit Books. So I wanted to at least mention a few titles in our …
79 million U.S. households are now buying plant-based products
Animal agriculture is one of the most environmentally damaging industries on our planet — not to mention unfathomably cruel. And though there are times when I wonder if we as …
The Nature of Cities Festival 2022
In less than two weeks the virtual The Nature of Cities Festival begins. The event is designed and run by The Nature of Cities, a registered not-for-profit based in New York. …
Book Review: The Insect Crisis
The subtitle of the must-read book The Insect Crisis by Oliver Milman is The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World. Tiny empires indeed. Consider the following: Three …
Residency opportunities for writers in Iowa, Oregon and New Mexico
We’ve mentioned these amazing residencies in the past but deadlines are coming up for the year ahead and I wanted to mention them again — also since I suspect many …
Call For Creative Submissions to Ecocene
Passing along an interesting writing opportunity… Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities Stories are how we come to know the world. They shape our propensity to believe in, engage with, …
Eco-Activism 101: Not on My Watch
Not on My Watch: How a Renegade Whale Biologist Took on Governments and Industry to Save Wild Salmon by Alexandra Morton Guest book review by Gene Helfman. A colleague of mine, …