I savor the summer months each time they come around. Though the impossibly dry heat can test my commitment, I always find a way to miss this time come autumn. For memories are born in the soft fabric...
I’m going to start this off by stating the obvious: the water levels in the Great Salt Lake are critically low and continuing to face recession. I know, I know, we’ve all heard this before. It is,...
Destruction and Creation
Destruction and creation are two sides of the same coin - one cannot exist without the other and the practice of one is just as important as the other. Creation is expression,...
Amidst this year’s summer films, few compelled and surprised me quite like Jurassic Park Rebirth. When first announced I was ready to complain about yet another re-boot. However, the first trailer promised...
What is “natural”?
Social structures organize the framework of our society and are intertwined with the very fabric of our own perception of the world. Currently, the most prominent social structure...
The first thing they don’t tell you when you move away from home: When you begin living on your own, you are expected to learn to garden in ways you never have before.
In the last year that I have...
All information was sourced from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List), an inventory of the conservation status and extinction risk of species...
I am here to wake to golden 8 am light
Filtering through the blinds and run my
Tired fingers through soft fur. To walk
Along cracked sidewalks in the dewy,
Cool air, admiring the yellow birch
Clawing...
Our National Parks
U.S. National Parks connect us with the natural beauty of this world. So much of the environmental wonder of this country is possessed within these borders protected from destructive...