The Price of the View
The Hill Country sells itself on what’s easy to love: bluffs, swimming holes, live oaks. It rarely mentions what’s paying for the view, or asks what visitors actually owe the land behind the postcard.
The Egret and the Phone
An egret at Spring Lake this morning was doing something I find genuinely difficult: being completely, unhurriedly present. A short reflection on attention, wild places, and what we miss when we’re not really there.
What We Owe the River
Ethics of Outdoor Adventure: What Do We Owe the River? The Texas Water Safari begins with a waiver. But no one asks the river for its permission. On what we owe the wild places we enter and what it means to be a guest rather than a user.
What the River Needs From Us Beyond Our Admiration
Standing at the San Marcos River on race day, joy and unease arrived together. That tension points toward something important: the difference between loving a place and doing what that love requires.
Why Climate Information Must Remain Public
The science behind El Niño. Just one of the articles by Climate.US. The Engaged Ecology Initiative fully supports the work of Climate.us and the scientists, communicators, and public servants who are working to preserve public access to accurate climate information.
Your Internet Connection:
The internet is not weightless. Data centers consume millions of gallons of water a year, often in drought-stressed regions. The tradeoff is real. The question is who gets to decide.
Knowing Better, Living Otherwise:
The Cost of Environmental Inaction…
Reading “Unbowed” by Wangari Maathai
I just finished Wangari Maathai’s…
Living Within Our Means
Living Within Our Means: Toward…
The Human Handprint
Domestication, Wildness, and the Edges…