Heroes of the big, little world
(This is adapted from my commencement address to The Ross School in East Hampton, where I grew up, earlier this month.) When I was...
Flow (with the Redwood Trees)
On a Sunday in summer 2008, I was sitting in the library at the California Academy of Sciences, alone on the third floor of the brand-new...
Citizen Scientist
Gearing up for the September 6 release of my new book, this website is being redesigned at the moment by the wonderful Nancy Freeborn....
Stand By Me
Maybe it’s because the word refers to the ultimate oblivion, or maybe it’s because most of us think of polar bears stranded on melting...
Tally Ho
Since the inception of the National Park Service 100 years ago, individual parks have kept lists of what animals and plants live in them....
Nature: The Brand
Doug Tompkins, prematurely deceased at age 72 by way of a kayaking accident, leaves a cadre of older conservationists behind, many of...