Reciprocity: writing and farming in Vermont
By Hanna Wheeler Julia Shipley grows 50 percent of her diet in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Photo by Hanna Wheeler If chores were a car trip, instead of a process from one end of the barn to another, from full udder to empty, we’d be in Montreal by the time the milked cows were let [...]
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How should we talk about climate change?
By Emily Bowers (This is Part 3 of a three-part series on climatologist, Dr. Cameron Wake. Read Part 2 here.) Part 3: On Sustainability Dr. Cameron Wake has been heavily influenced and inspired by the University of New Hampshire’s chief sustainability officer, Tom Kelly, who leads the university’s sustainability programs. Started in 1997, the UNH [...]
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What ice cores tell us about our past and future
By Emily Bowers (This is Part 2 of a three-part series on climatologist, Dr. Cameron Wake. Read Part 1 here.) Part 2: The Ice Cores of Research Dr. Cameron Wake’s research started with the analysis of ice cores from the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau and evolved to include cores from Arctic glaciers. He studied [...]
From mountaineer to climatologist: a profile of Dr. Cameron Wake
By Emily Bowers Part 1: The Ascent from Mountaineer to Climatologist A childhood adventure in the Canadian Rockies completely altered the course of Dr. Cameron Wake’s life. He was 14 when he traveled, on the suggestion of his older brother, from his hometown in Montreal to Banff National Park to complete a mountaineering course. He [...]
Principal restores stream, saves school, revives town
Connecting school with nature and town has big results By Hanna Wheeler In her desk’s side drawer, Principal Dana McCauley keeps a pair of sneakers, an old tee-shirt and jeans. She has to be prepared. At any point in the day, she might be wading in the stream, weeding the butterfly garden or banding birds [...]
