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Connecting GIs with Green Jobs
Jyl DeHaven, founder of Green Collar Vets, and John Wright, one of the program's participants, talk with Jori Lewis about establishing independence and job security through emerging green industries.
» Read Looking for a Few Good Men, from OnEarth's Spring 2008 issue
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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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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,
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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.
» Read Riding the Wild Charles, from OnEarth's Winter 2008 issue
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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.
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Searching for Farming's Future in Its Past
The Bobolink Dairy in Vernon New Jersey makes artisanal grass-fed cheese and wood-fired bread. That's plenty of work all by itself, but Jonathan and Nina White, Bobolink's owners, have a larger goal in mind: to reinvent pre-industrial agriculture for a post-industrial age. Journalist Rachel Leventhal spent two days at the Bobolink Dairy and produced this audio documentary. Read the Fall 2007 Living Green article about the dairy here.
Related: Bobolink Dairy website
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The Promise (and Perils) of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology already is being used to reformulate many of the products we use. Yet despite concern among scientists about dangerous consequences, the federal government has taken a laissez faire approach – allowing companies to do, essentially, whatever they choose. Why is there such lax oversight of these exotic, new nanomaterials, and what does that mean for consumers? Reporter Alex Schmidt finds out. Read the related Fall 2007 feature story here.
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Milking Wind, Instead of Cows
Like most of the dairy farmers in Lewis County, New York, Bill Burke was in debt. His plan for retirement was to sell off much of his dairy farm. That was until a businessman rolled into town with a new idea: Milk wind, not cows. Now Bill, his wife and many of the other farmers in Lewis County receive a minimum of $6,000 per year for every wind turbine on their properties. That’s changed things plenty. Read the related Summer 2007 feature story here.
Drained Lake, Heron in Mud