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Book Review: Stories from the Leopold Shack by Estella Leopold

September 29, 2019January 18, 2017 by John Yunker

Reviewed by James Ballowe, Engagement Advisor for the Center for Humans and Nature and Distinguished Professor English Emeritus from Bradley University. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, Estella Leopold takes …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, Oxford University Press

Calls for submissions

November 2, 2015 by Midge Raymond

There are two new calls for submissions to announce for eco-minded writers. First, Flyway Journal seeks submissions for its Notes from the Field nonfiction contest, which celebrates writing about vivid experience, whether …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Book review: Rebecca Solnit’s Wanderlust

September 29, 2019January 4, 2015 by Shel Graves
Wanderlust by Rebecca Solnit

Reading Rebecca Solnit’s Wanderlust: A History of Walking (2000) is a lot like talking a hike. It can be a strenuous journey. At times, you may wonder what you have gotten …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Nonfiction, Penguin Books

The Necessary Evolution of Environmental Writing

November 20, 2014 by John Yunker

Halfway through reading The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Henry Beston, I came across the following passage: A new danger, moreover, …

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Categories Animal Rights, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Essays, For Writers, Oceans, Pollution, Trees

Call for Writers: Voices for Biodiversity

November 19, 2013 by John Yunker

Anthropologist Tara Waters Lumpkin is founder and executive director of a nonprofit project and e-zine called Voices for Biodiversity. Our goal is to provide a multimedia platform where citizen eco-reporters can …

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Categories For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Bellevue Literary Review seeks environmentally themed submissions

September 20, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Published by the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, Bellevue Literary Review is best known for being a journal that focuses on illness, health, and healing, with wonderfully broad …

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Categories For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Writing Opportunities

Announcing the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award

July 25, 2013 by Midge Raymond

Calling all fiction writers: Save the date (September 3 deadline) for submissions to the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award, co-sponsored by the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, …

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