Sitemap - 2024 - Speaking for the Trees, No Matter Where They're From
My Substack Recommendations for 2025
"We All Need to be Tree Huggers Now" & other readings
Copper Mining: Totally Not Green, But Totally Needed for “Green” Energy
A Reflection on Abuse, Personal & Planetary
O Christmas Tree, Toxic Christmas Tree!
"Green" Energy vs. the Mojave Desert (podcast ep. 4)
Are the Plants "Invasive"? or the Land Ethics?
Ep. 4 early release for paying subscribers
“Invasive Plants”: Immigrants who Nice People can Hate
Learn how Project 2025 threatens the Environment
Autumn in The Gila, 3 of 3: Insects (& one fish)
Autumn in The Gila, 2 of 3: Wildflowers
Autumn in The Gila, 1 of 3: Trees
Meet the new Roundup, worse than the old Roundup
Patriarchy is an Environmental Issue
The Salton Sea: Very bizarre, very American
The Environment & the Election
Consideration for all life—even Carrots!
Bringing Land Use into the Climate Conversation
Teaser for new podcast episode
No, Introduced Plants Aren't Agents of Settler-Colonialism
Ep. 2: Eugenics & Conservation: Too Close for Comfort
I Got to Pretend I was a Beaver for a Day
Ep. 2: Eugenics & Conservation: Too Close for Comfort
Podcast ep. 2 TEASER: "Eugenics & Conservation: Too Close for Comfort"
How Will Communities Handle Troublemakers?
Public Debut of Podcast Episode #1
What's "invasive" in this photo?
My new podcast debuts next week!
“No” to a “Green Energy Transition”—“Yes” to an “Energy Reduction Transition”
Beyond the War on Invasive Species: Interview with Tao Orion
Introduced Plants, Settler-Colonialism, Indigenous Perspectives and Decolonization
Competition between Plants: What Biology Says
A Personal Update, with Reflections on Farming
We All Need to Be Tree Huggers Now
Springtime in northern California, vol. 3
“But what about Himalayan Blackberry?”
Climate Chaos & Changing Plant Communities
Announcing new benefits for paying subscribers!
My adventures in bicycle-based urban farming
Can Our Veggie Gardens Feed us in a Real Crisis?
The Myth of the “Second Greatest Threat”
More springtime in northern California
Ecological impacts of the war machine
7 Reasons Why I Critique the “Invasive Plant” Narrative
Springtime in northern California
"Invasive Species": The Widening Gap between Popular Belief & Science
Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics
A landscape dammed by beavers, grazed by elk, monitored by wolves and shaped by fire
The elusive meaning of the term “invasive species"
Cultural Underpinnings of the “Invasive Plant” Narrative
The Key Role of Human Disturbance in the Establishment of Introduced Plants
Guest Post: Botany as Archaeology, to Stop a Lithium Mine
My Focus in 2024: Two "Environmental" Narratives that Threaten Living Ecology