Book Review: To get to the other side: Crossings
In Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet author Ben Goldfarb shines a light on the millions of animals who perish on our roads. There are …
Book Reviews
Environmental Armageddon in Cannabis Country
“An ideological descendant of the Gold Rush, the green rush serves as yet another get-rich-quick fantasy founded on the erasure of Native People …aptly named the green rush, this surge …
Book Review: A Darker Wilderness, edited by Erin Sharkey
New this year from Milkweed Editions is a must-read essay collection of powerful Black nature writing. Originated and edited by Erin Sharkey, A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil …
Book Review: OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke
The narrator of Henry Hoke’s slender, evocative novel Open Throat begins their story with, “I’ve never eaten a person but today I might.” Described by the book’s publisher as a “lonely, lovable, …
Book Review: Three Bears, not Eight
A Review of Gloria Dickie’s Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future In my life I have had the privilege of seeing more grizzlies, more blacks, and more polar bears …
Book Review: Living in the Time of Red Flag Warnings
It’s fire season here in southern Oregon. Which is another way of way of saying it’s just another season here in southern Oregon. Over the past decade fires have become …
Book Review: The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism
The term “Effective Altruism” has been buzzy for a while now and has attracted well-known followers and promoters — and because of this, the movement is generally associated with doing …
Book Review: Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
Imagine living in a house with plumbing so inadequate that each flush of your toilet sends waste into your backyard. Now imagine you have children and pets who play in …
Book Review: The wildflowers and mushrooms of North America
The wildflowers are in bloom here in Oregon. And while I love coming across them on hikes I’m mostly clueless about what exactly each flower is. I consult the iNaturalist …
Book Review: The Gatekeeper of America’s Seasons: Edwin Way Teale’s four iconic environmental books
Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times …
Book Review: Following Jesus In A Warming World: A Christian Call To Climate Action by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
Following Jesus In A Warming World: A Christian Call To Climate Action by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap. An evangelical minister shares his journey from climate change agnostic to activist – sharing lessons for Christians and non-Christians alike.