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Australia Burning: What's Happening and How to Help

Australia is burning. How bad is it? What can we do?

Hungry for Love: Love and Secrets in Alma Katsu's 'The Hunger'

What is love? Among other questions, Alma Katsu's horror novel 'The Hunger' deconstructs the concept. In world where everyone possesses the ability to choose to be monstrous, how do we choose right? More importantly, once we become monsters, is there redemption? One way to find out.

Broken Rider: The Art of Getting up After a Fall

“You’re gettin’ too old to be doin’ this shit!” That’s my wife, giving me the ol’, “I told you so” […]

A Horrorble Review

There are some books that are so bad they're good. This is not one.

The Promise of Work and the Work of Promises

In this post, a guest blogger, "The Peripatetic", responds to and builds on a previous post by Mountain Buddha. What happens, they ask, to society in a world that increasingly removes the one thing required for relationships: people?

The Art of Solitude: How to Be Alone in a World Full of People

Too often, we associate being alone with negativity. We associate being alone with loneliness, depression, brooding, etc. There is certainly […]

Level II Fun (Part 2): Out of the Pain Cave, Into the Light

If you’re new to this blog and haven’t yet read Level II Fun, Part I, you might want to go […]

The Magic Bus: Living and Dying on the Stampede Trail

Another hiker has died trying to reach the magic bus, the bus made famous by the 2007 Sean Penn film […]

Level II Fun (Part 1): The Pain Cave

Why do we consciously choose to do things that cause us pain in the moment, only in retrospect to look back and say, "You know what? That was fun." The outdoors community refers to this as level II fun. Some of the answers may be found here.

How (Not) to Give a Wedding Gift

What does a Nature lover and adventure writer gift to friends for their wedding? It may not be what you think. The next installment in the How (Not) To series is a little funny, a little serious, and all good. Names and deets have been changed to protect the innocent.

How to Build a Home: Taste the Rainbow Part Two

We who are asking to expand these definitions to create a more inclusive atmosphere are not also demanding that the industry eliminate the grandiose; rather, we ask that the humble also be part of what it means to adventure.

Emergency Blog Post: Trump’s Attack on Our National Parks

Let me first say that this piece will not really be political. At least, I don’t think so. What it […]

Taste the Rainbow: Diversity, Inclusion, and the Outdoors Community

Why are the outdoors and so many of its brands so white? In this essay I ask those questions, and try to provide a couple of answers.

Why The Humanities are Still King

When people hear that someone is majoring in English, chances are they think, “Oh, you are going to teach.” Or, […]

The Contemplative Life: Learning to Value Denkwerk

What happens when a society stops valuing thinking as work? What happens when commodities become more important than the people that produce them?

The ‘Adults’ in the Room: How Children Will Save the Planet

What happens when the "adults" in the room fail us? Children step up. Will they be the planet's salvation? It looks like that might be the case.

(M)Eating for the Future

Originally posted on Students for Sustainability:
Rob Couto, Lauren Paduch, Alexis Cordaro, Kevin Chapman Environmental Impacts Over recent years, the impact of…