Being dumbstruck by the beautiful complexity of nature is good for you.
Jennifer Sahn
Live and let live
How we think about the animals in our midst.
How to not save a species
Has the speed of change outpaced the ability of environmental laws to make a difference?
Eating the ecosystem
It’s possible to eat your way to a more sustainable future.
Too much too fast
Life has speeded up; have you noticed?
How the West reaps collective good fortune
What results when caring for others is prioritized.
Practice vigilance
What recreation looks like in the age of wildfire.
It’s all about mutual care
What’s needed in times of injustice?
Lesson from a great blue heron
Adaptation is key to a coastal future.
Too hot to handle
The dangerously hot future is here. How will we respond?
A culture of connectivity
The work ahead will require more collaboration and less divisiveness.
How we know what we know about the past
The collected and preserved can give us a window into history.
Let there be monarchs
Monarch butterfly numbers in California ticked up this winter, but no one is calling it a recovery.
Our intersectional future
How to preserve what we love about the West in a way that is fair to all cultures and stakeholders, and that doesn’t leave anyone behind.
Notes to self
Setting priorities for the year ahead.
Loving the world despite everything
Notes on resilience in the face of disruption.
On being grateful
Food justice in a time of thanksgiving.
What we need to live well in the West
Some notes on a pandemic-tainted reality.
The new animal voyeurism
Captured on film but still losing habitat.