Archive for September, 2013

Human Landscape

Harvesting rocks from the Vilcabamba River near the town of Quinara. Photo credit: Chris Hebdon

NATURE–CULTURE–ACTION!

Nature vs. culture. Wild vs. civilized. Country vs. city. These binaries, time and again, have been shown to be false dichotomies. But many groups and organizations still consider protected areas, for example, to be one without people in it. But counter-examples are starting to find their way into the streets and the public view.
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Summer Blog 2013

FESers in Cities

FESers in Cities

The streets in midsummer. There they lie! The sun beating down upon them all day long, until the stones are individually as hot as frying pans; and the gratings, as you inadvertently set your foot upon them, appear to

Writing Contest

3rd Place: The Pit in the Woods

3rd Place: The Pit in the Woods

In Amazonian Peru, Nigel Pitman was responsible for "Science Saturdays," when he would try to impart some worldly knowledge to the children of the village near where he was living. He tells the story of one Science Saturday in particular that was especially enlightening for him.
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Summer Blog 2013

Caitlin Doughty in Perú, part 4

Caitlin Doughty in Perú, part 4

154Arrival back into the United States has snapped me back to “reality” – academic e-mails, air-conditioning, over-priced metros, costly produce – aspects of the “developed” world that I did not miss in Peru. Face-to-face conversations, dung-fire warmed homes, three sole …

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Summer Blog 2013

Tess Croner in Rwanda, part 4

Tess Croner in Rwanda, part 4

TessCroner4The third and final stop on our study tour of Rwanda brought us to the northwestern corner of the country, where a chain of dramatic volcanic peaks divides Rwanda from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. On the slopes …

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Writing Contest

2nd Place: Return to the Mountain

2nd Place: Return to the Mountain

David Johnson returns to his childhood home in Arkansas to see what fracking has changed (and what it hasn't).
by × September 17, 2013 × 7 comments