Category: Human Ecology
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Capturing a Fermented Food Festival: The Bacteria Bazaar
Gathered in the old Hamilton Grange, a motley collection of old, young, and in between. Some from the Bitterroot, others from distant vales of Montana and beyond. Many hairy and beautifully bearded. A day spent soaking up new biology, chemistry, and cooking lessons. A night tipsy on homemade brews, twisting to Jewish dance music and…
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‘Connectivity Conservation’ Published in Parks Stewardship Forum
Big news: I had a photo-essay published in Parks Stewardship Forum! This issue of PSF is dedicated to moving beyond fortress conservation and toward a conservation of connections. PSF is an online, interdisciplinary, open-access journal co-published by the University of California–Berkeley’s Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity and the George Wright Society. PSF’s mission: to…
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What if normal is the problem? And other coronavirus questions
The pandemic diaries Eleven months ago, I flew home to Sea-Tac as coronavirus dug its claws into the flesh of the world. Shelves emptied, businesses closed, panic began to set in. In March 2020, I wrote in my notebook a snippet of conversation I overheard in the grocery store: “Are we going to die?” A…
