Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning it is a disease that normally exists in animals but has been transmitted to people. The CDC reports that three out of four diseases are now zoonotic including these: Plague, Lyme disease, rabies, Coronavirus:…Read More

There was a tree – the American Chestnut –  it was called the Redwood of the East. This magnificent canopy tree grew twelve stories high and eight feet around, fast – one hundred feet in 75 to 100 years. It…Read More

Environmental writer Rachel Carson was born to a poor family in a factory town near Pittsburgh. The smell in her town was so terrible that old people did not sit outside on their porches. Here, she could see old horses…Read More

Our immediate environment and the larger context? Our state of being is fundamentally affected by our environment. This is simple to understand when thinking about the environmental impacts of: a bad relationship, a sick parent, road construction nearby, a farm…Read More