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28, 2023 | |
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Enjoying Nature, Locally
Spring
has finally arrived in California. After months
of seemingly endless rain, the sun is out,
temperatures are up, and there are signs of new
life all around. I’ve spotted a tiny fawn in my
yard more than once, the bees are abuzz in our
giant echium bush, and we even have a few morel
mushrooms popping up outside our
home.
I’ve been itching to
spend more time outside to soak in all these
changes. In particular, I’ve been day-dreaming
about making a pilgrimage to one of the
wildflower superblooms
erupting across the state. Several years ago, I did just that, jumping into
a car with my sister and a friend for a
last-minute adventure to the Mojave Desert. It
was magical.
This time around, a
spontaneous road trip isn’t in the cards — it
feels like a much heavier lift with my toddler
and infant in tow.
So instead of
traveling to see the vast fields of orange
poppies, yellow goldfields, and purple-hued blue
dicks spread across central and southern
California, I’ve been taking in the wildflowers
springing up nearby. Such as the beautiful patch
of poppies interspersed with purple lupine that
I pass by on my way to and from my kids’ daycare
each day. Or the pale-yellow iris and delicate,
white milk maids that dot the hiking trail near
my house. And the flowering wood sorrel
cropping up across my un-weeded
yard.
These smaller swaths of
color don’t have the same visual impact as a
sprawling superbloom, sure. But they come
without the car trip and the crowds. And when I
take the time to admire them, they bring me
joy. 
Zoe
Loftus-Farren
Managing Editor,
Earth Island
Journal
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freshwater supply is impacting the country's
many small scale fish farmers, local wildlife,
and its people's cultural identity as
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Arctic
biodiversity expert and fisherman Tero Mustonen
works tirelessly to restore Finland’s boggy
expanses, which he calls the world’s “second
lung.” This week, he was among six activists
from around the world awarded the 2023 Goldman
Environmental
Prize.
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It’s
not often that a big-name magazine devotes an
entire issue to climate solutions. When it does,
it further reinforces just how mainstream
climate news has become.
Read more »
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New Yorker
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