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.
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.
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.