Recently, I was invited to visit a small family farm in rural Hidalgo, Mexico, where the the stone-cold mornings of the countryside made me feel as if I’d been transported to another time. Dawn was announced by pig grunts, the shuffling of horses hooves, and shepherds’ horns bugling across a… Still-Life of Environmental Paradox, Hidalgo, MexicoRead more
Tag: ecopsychology
Stay (an eco-poem)
The moon above ‘Aliomanusays “stay” and the whole rideback to the top of the hillin the bed of a pick-up truck,I yearn to call this feelingthat which others must feelupon returning Home.And when I arriveat my wooden gate,I hesitate for a momentbefore pulling the string latchto look at the coconut… Stay (an eco-poem)Read more
On Forest Fires and Eco-Grief
Reflecting on the grief that we’ve felt this week as we huddle around filter-fans and watch the smoke paint the sky orange, a bittersweet yet comforting memory came to me. When I left my rural upbringing to attend college, I felt completely unprepared for the outside world that I also… On Forest Fires and Eco-GriefRead more