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New Value to Old Forests
Television correspondent Gary Strieker provides this on-the-ground video report on research showing that in respiring, old-growth forests capture a good deal more carbon from the atmosphere than was previously known. And in a world increasingly preoccupied with slowing global warming, that's worth money -- these forests are gaining market value beyond the price of their timber.
Made for the Assignment Earth series on Yahoo News, the report is a companion piece to Sharon Levy's The Giving Tree...
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Memory, Age, and Love Poetry: Talking with Poet Daniel Mark Epstein
Poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein recites his poem, "In Late November," and talks with Zachary Sussman about memory, age, and what it means to be a “love poet.”
In Late November
Of the butterfly-bush, whose purple flowers
The monarch and the swallowtail
Sipped in August, near my windowpane
(Such a wealth of wings and flower clusters
I could hardly see the grass, the trees)
Only stalks and branches remain,
And panicles tipped with russet berries.
Now I see everything so vividly:
The ... -
Hard Choices: George Black on Compromise and the Conservation Ethic
OnEarth articles editor George Black reads his essay "Time to Be Unfaithful to Old Faithful," and talks with Emily Voigt about controversy and compromise in modern environmentalism.
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Care Without Despair
How to remain positive about humanity's ability to solve a profusion of looming environmental problems? Huck Fox talks about a faith that we can care for and learn about the environment without losing it.
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A Conversation with Poet Chard deNiord
Chard deNiord recites his poems, "Tree of Wisdom" and "Behold, The Lord God Bird," talks with Zachary Sussman about enlightenment, and recounts the strange, sad tale of a bird beyond imagination.
Tree of Wisdom
I am taken in by its stand and breadth,
marveling at its brawn and reach of branches,
studying each leaf like the page of a sacred book,
embracing its trunk like a void.
I hear the prophecy of a lark in the density
of foliage: "The vision awaits its time;
hastens to the end." Until thi... -
A Conversation With Poet Floyd Skloot
Floyd Skloot recites his poems "Digging Zak's Grave" and "Bittersweet Nightshade," talks with Zachary Sussman about channeling Robert Frost, and describes how overcoming brain injury affected his writing and gave rise to a new appreciation of the natural world.
Digging Zak's Grave
These hands crusted with dark
red soil have reached back
seven million years in a stroke
of spade. They also touch
yesterdays fallen leaves,
the mulch of a dozen years
of fruits and vegetables,
and this afternoon's l... -
To the EPA: Remember the Mission!
Does the EPA have our best interests in mind? Is this agency protecting the environment or corporate interests? Probably somewhere in between, but they need to be reminded who pays their salaries -- us!
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Boston's River Man
Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for people. Each step was a lonely battle against short-sighted politicians, nimbyism and red tape. Now Dan’s about to do it all over again, this time with the Mystic River. Reporter Rachel Leventhal visits Dan in Boston to find out why.
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Plant Something: Celebrating All Things Green
Huckleberry Fox, an agricultural researcher, get us thinking again about the role plants play in sustaining all life on earth -- and gets his hands into the dirt in the process.
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Better to Have Loved and Lost?
Rick Bass reads his essay about sharing the wilderness he loves with his young daughters. See the article here.
Drained Lake, Heron in Mud