Analysis , Essays The Rights of Nature and the Power(lessness) of Law October 19, 2017 593 Views 0 Comment This piece was originally published by the San Diego Free Press. In the war for social and environmental justice, even …
Interviews Interview for KPFA Radio on the Colorado River Rights of Nature Lawsuit October 17, 2017 529 Views 0 Comment I was interviewed with the brilliant Deanna Meyer on Berkeley’s CA’s KPFA public radio about our Colorado River Rights of …
Interviews Interview for KPCW’s This Green Earth on the Colorado River Rights of Nature Lawsuit October 16, 2017 537 Views 0 Comment I was interviewed by Nell Larson and Chris Cherniak on Park City, UT’s KPCW This Green Earth radio program about …
Analysis , Essays Why Does the Colorado River Need to Sue For Rights? September 26, 2017 5490 Views 2 Comments Note: The first Rights of Nature lawsuit in the US was filed on September 25, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. The …
Essays , New Park City Witness New Park City Witness: Why Criticize Park City? September 26, 2017 527 Views 0 Comment Author’s Note: A member of Park City’s city government recently asked me why I write about Park City when Park City …
Essays , New Park City Witness , Park City New Park City Witness: The Problems With “Open Space” September 12, 2017 1370 Views 0 Comment Before murdering millions during the Holocaust, the Nazis referred to Jews as rats. After murdering 17 people and lobotomizing some …
Essays , New Park City Witness , Park City New Park City Witness: How Do We Tell the Whole Truth? September 12, 2017 515 Views 0 Comment In Park City, the task is clear: Stop climate change, or the snow stops. Snowpack is the region’s freshwater supply …
Essays Fight Back: An Ecopsychological Understanding of Depression July 13, 2017 4208 Views 4 Comments I am an environmental activist. I have depression. To be an activist with depression places me squarely in an irreconcilable …
Interviews , Pinyon-Juniper Forests Interviewed by Jennifer Murnan for KGNU, Boulder June 27, 2017 545 Views 0 Comment I was interviewed by Jennifer Murnan about Pinyon-Juniper Forests for KGNU, Boulder’s Morning Magazine Program. The interview originally aired on Tuesday, …
Essays , Pinyon-Juniper Forests Pinyon-Juniper Deforestation, Pine Nuts, and True Sustainability June 10, 2017 1951 Views 3 Comments A windmill blade knocks the head off a Cooper’s hawk interrupting the late afternoon peace in Spring Valley. The blade …
Essays , Mauna Kea , Poetry Between Here and Home November 08, 2015 955 Views 2 Comments Recently, I’ve read about the devastating fires in Indonesia. Now, the destruction itself is horrific, but I am also deeply …
Poetry Bear Hunt October 29, 2015 987 Views 1 Comment after midnight, Big Cypress seeking refuge again at the edge of the continent following the paths bears still walk past …
Direct Action Journal , Essays Direct Action Journal: Overcoming Fear May 14, 2016 1552 Views 1 Comment Another episode with anxiety knocks me to my bedroom floor. Rational thought forsakes me. My body shakes with the strangled …
Essays , Unist'ot'en Camp From Unist’ot’en Camp: No Word For Goodbye June 09, 2014 742 Views 1 Comment Leaving Unist’ot’en Camp was hard. As I stepped away from a group of new friends passing pens and notebooks around …
Essays , Poetry Listening to The Land Saves My Life November 16, 2016 1016 Views 1 Comment This first appeared on Jason Howell’s Howlarium. Special thanks to Jason for his graphics. from Jason: “Where it’s not uncommon for …
Essays Returning From Darkness: National Suicide Prevention Month September 28, 2015 901 Views 1 Comment I am an attempted suicide survivor. I tried to kill myself twice – once in April, 2013 and again in …
Analysis , Essays , Pinyon-Juniper Forests Layla and the Owl’s Eyes: Ecopsychology and Being Human December 20, 2016 1169 Views 1 Comment Recently walking up Main Street in Park City, Utah, I saw in the Visitor’s Center doorway what looked like a …
Essays DIY Resistance: Beat the Grief August 19, 2014 1252 Views 1 Comment Surviving into adulthood in this destructive culture comes with a deep familiarity with loss. We lose loved ones to environmentally-induced …
Essays Loving a Child, Protecting the Future October 24, 2015 701 Views 0 Comment Not long ago, a few hours after his birth, I held a new-born baby to my chest in the hospital. …
Essays , Pinyon-Juniper Forests The Swamp Cedars vs. The SNWA Water Grab June 23, 2016 2559 Views 0 Comment The Swamp Cedars in Spring Valley, Nevada have grown long memories. They stand on the valley floor under the bright …
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