The Baithouse Aquarium, Taonga (Treasure) on Wellington’s South Coast Wellington’s South Coast is an authentic treasure map, drawn across a spectacular landscape. It is the sort of place that takes your breath away, whether you are a skeptical landlubber or a seafaring adventurer. From the Easter Island Moai in Lyall […]
Have you ever wondered where your wastewater goes? On an illuminating field trip to one of our Nation’s premier wastewater treatment plants with the Marine Science Institute of Redwood City, California, I learned a lot that all of us need to know…. So maybe strolling around a wastewater treatment plant […]
The Sea Turtle Camp Separated from the country town Of San Francisco de Coyote By half a day’s sweaty tramp, Past the farms and jungle roads, You will find the sea turtle camp. Here I lived in a tent made of driftwood With every kind of bird and beast. A […]
The Immortal Jelly (Turritopsis dohrnii) ~ A Soliloquy When I’m feeling under the weather, a tiny speck so vastly vaulted, When I’m tired, stressed, and feeling emotionally assaulted, When I can’t seem to swim off my sense of loneliness and deep frustration, I remember that I am the only creature […]
Tāhuahua Grain by golden grain Rolling aeolian rhythms Erode and accrete Collectively dynamic and responsive Undulating between swale and slack The incipient head cresting The rear weighty and established, Assembling a home for stinging wasps Kororā and Katipo spiders, Interlacing silk between the flax Serpentine crescents Criss-cross and cascade, […]
A North Island Fairy Tale (Respectfully inspired by, but not based on, Māori folklore of Aotearoa and by Te Reo Māori, with select words in Te Reo) Rā, the beaming sun, had a lover Queen of the clouds and of Ua, the rain Precious Wai that was needed to water the […]
My name is Alan Ruiz Berman and I hail from the world’s largest metropolis, Mexico DF, where I was born to a large and culturally eclectic family. I am proud of my roots and enjoy thinking that, not so long-ago, my ciudad de nacimiento – Mexico City was Tenochtitlan – […]
I believe that by integrating Observational Ecology, Human Ecology, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, that we can take the most important step toward restoring a reciprocal relationship with nature.
In the Emerald City Each verdant leaf is perfectly cut, Like a million green stone adzes, Full of deep green chlorophyl Cutting saltwater, sunlight, and gas Into vibrant energy And shining with the stuff of life “Wake up, wake up,” say the whipper wills, that woosh through the warm […]
As a Tucson, Arizona, based artist, I first want to recognize Peggy Turk Boyer & the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) – the person and nonprofit organization that brought me here in 2017. I also want to thank the Tohono O’odham, Ndée, Comcaac, Sobaipuri, and other […]