Pyle, Robert Micheal, “Conundrum and Continuum”, Wildness: Relations of People and Place, (University of Chicago Press, 2017).

For here’s the big secret: it’s not a matter of ‘wild’ or ‘non-wild’. Wildness (in the sense of that which … More

Van Horn, Gavin, “Into the Wildness”, Wildness: Relations of People and Place, (University of Chicago Press, 2017).

A practice of the wild implies that humans have a role to play in cultivating wildness–in themselves, in their communities, … More

Cronon, William, “The Trouble with Wilderness or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”, Uncommon Ground: Toward Reinventing Nature ed. William Cronon, (W.W. Norton 1995)

Idealizing a distant wilderness too often means not idealizing the environment in which we actually live, the landscape that for … More

Ehrlich, Gretel, “On Water”, “The Solace of Open Spaces” (Viking 1985)

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid … More