Welcome to The Soul of the Earth

I love to look deeply into the great beauties and intricacies of our planet, especially her gorgeous wildflowers, and to bring back the news I find there. Join me in my explorations of nature’s exquisite creations, of the deep time of her history, of the ways people are preserving and reclaiming her treasures.

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Gallery: Alaska Landspace

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), Denali National Park

Mt. Redoubt, an active volcano, from Kenai

Cook Inlet from Captain Cook State Park, Kenai

Along Route 1 between Anchorage and Matanuska Glacier

Wildflower meadow at Eveline State Park, Homer

Denali itself, out from the clouds, in Denali National Park

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Denali National Park

Crossing Kachemak Bay from Peterson Bay to Homer

Muskeg (marsh) in Captain Cook State Park, Kenai

The scary stretch of the road into Denali National Park

The last stretch on the way out: Taylor Highway north of Chicken

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Project Drawdown: reversing global warming

This photo of my refrigerator, filled with its usual groceries, though much more attractively arranged than usual, represents some of the best and most exciting news I’ve ever heard. It goes back to a question environmentalist Paul Hawken posed: what can we do to reverse global warming? The standard research ...

Welcome to The Soul of the Earth

Read about my journey | Read my journal