Analysis , Essays Why Does the Colorado River Need to Sue For Rights? September 26, 2017 5689 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 657 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 1473 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 611 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 4500 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 631 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 2266 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 Park City, Depression, and The Compulsion to Write June 10, 2017 1243 Views 0 Comment Three coincidences converge to make me wonder if I am crazy: I live in Park City, Utah. I live with …
Analysis , Essays Park City is Still Damned: What Needs to Be Done May 08, 2017 776 Views 0 Comment In my essay, “Park City is Damned: A Case Study in Civilization,” I described the vicious cycle Park City, Utah …
Analysis , Essays Park City is Damned: A Case Study in Civilization April 03, 2017 1702 Views 2 Comments A Note to My Readers: It has not been easy to write this essay and I am scared to see …
Colorado River , Essays How Do Dams Fall?: Conversations with the Colorado River September 19, 2018 503 Views 1 Comment I need to come clean. When I joined Colorado River Ecosystem v. Colorado, the first-ever federal lawsuit to seek personhood …
Essays DIY Resistance: Post-Modern Robin Hoods September 23, 2014 488 Views 0 Comment For the last year, it goes like this: My phone rings precisely at 6:30 AM. I groan in bed and …
Analysis , Essays Finally, an American Rights of Nature Movement November 02, 2017 1592 Views 0 Comment This piece was originally published by Catalyst Magazine as “The ‘Rights of Nature’ Movement” If I asked you, “Which corporation …
Essays , Mauna Kea Protecting Mauna Kea: Pule Plus Action June 04, 2015 630 Views 0 Comment I went up to Mauna Kea’s summit a few days ago to pule (to pray) with some of the protectors …
Poetry Notes on Starlight (One Year After Suicide Attempt) April 17, 2014 499 Views 0 Comment I am looking for a pick-axe a long one with a thick handle one to chip my way through the …
Analysis , Interviews Using Rights of Nature to Catalyze Serious Resistance: Interview with Think Radio Presents Think Planet April 04, 2019 260 Views 0 Comment I gave this interview to Alan Wartes about how to leverage rights of nature to catalyze revolution. We discuss my …
Analysis , Direct Action Journal , Essays Power and Direct Action: A Primer July 31, 2016 853 Views 0 Comment This year’s Fourth of July week grew in horror as it passed. Each day brought new nightmares that struck me …
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Essays Park City, Depression, and The Compulsion to Write June 10, 2017 1243 Views 0 Comment Three coincidences converge to make me wonder if I am crazy: I live in Park City, Utah. I live with …
Analysis , Essays , Mauna Kea Call It Murder: The Ecological Basis for Hawai’i’s De-Occupation August 12, 2015 614 Views 0 Comment Resistance to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project on Mauna Kea has re-ignited the Hawaiian de-occupation movement. Since 1893 when …
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