The Moment’s Meditation
10/5/23 – The island and the eye
Hello everyone:
This week’s writing is shorter than usual, for reasons I explain below. Some of you may be quietly cheering… but for those who prefer more meat on the Field Guide’s bones, I’ve bulked up my selection of Anthropocene news for you. Be especially sure to check out the Times piece on the fate of U.S. groundwater, the Yale e360 piece on the ecological value of abandoned farmland and degraded forests, and the WBUR article on the cost of clear-cutting forests for solar arrays.
As always, please remember to scroll past the end of the essay to read some curated Anthropocene news.
Now on to this week’s writing:
