By Caroline Ailanthus: Dan Kemp was an unusual student who became a Whole Terrain co-editor in the usual way; like several other editors over the years, he took the “Literature of the Land” course with Rowland Russell and Fred Taylor. He also joined a writing group led by Russell, who is …
By Caroline Ailanthus In the fall of 2011, Gregory McNamee, author or editor of 35 books and countless shorter works, received an invitation to contribute to Whole Terrain’s “Net Works” volume. The timing, McNamee recalls, was perfect. He had been thinking about the same topic, “connecting the natural networks of energy …
By Caroline Ailanthus: Michael Metivier, the editor of Whole Terrain’s Volume 19, Net Works, is our most recent “alumnus,” so when we decided …
As environmental practitioners we cast nets to sample nature, to gather knowledge, to provoke action. Ornithologists use mist nets to capture birds for …
By Michael Metivier, Editor Flying west from Hartford to Milwaukee, forehead pressed against the airplane window, I watch the landscape change miles …
Secret of the Seasons (SOS) is an original “Co-opera” — a musical, participatory experience that stimulates audience members to address their relationship …
This Communicating Science weekend schedule PDF includes all confirmed workshops, presenters and performers, with hyperlinks. Here are detailed descriptions, bios and photos.
We are excited to announce Amy Seidl as a keynote presenter at our upcoming Communicating Science weekend. Amy has authored Early Spring: An Ecologist and …
We are excited to announce Tom Wessels as A keynote presenter at our upcoming Communicating Science weekend. Tom, preeminent terrestrial ecologist and AUNE …
by Caroline Ailanthus Note; this is an updated version of the 2010 profile written by Hannah Wheeler Environmental artist Erika Osborne is …
by Caroline Ailanthus Janisse Ray’s new book, The Seed Underground, is due out on August 1st. Janisse is a two-time contributor to …
by Caroline Ailanthus This spring, Whole Terrain had the opportunity to celebrate one of its own when former editor and current board …
Annie Jacobs, who was editor of our ‘Where is Nature?’ volume and contributed a piece to our recent volume on ‘Boundaries,’ wanted …
Update: Julie’s essay, “Where the Rose Gentian Grows,” appears in Whole Terrain’s new volume, ‘Boundaries.’ Whole Terrain is available for purchase online at …
Check out the new Writing Nature site, which is being developed in affiliation with over 150 writers, painters, photographers, musicians and other …