Field Guide to the Anthropocene

An essential source for finding and navigating the important environmental writing here on Substack.

- Jason Anthony

Rebecca has devoted much of her life to protecting wildlife and wild places, and it shows in her beautiful, smart, informed, and important writing.

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Mike offers an incredible trove of resources and stories at the nexus between the climate and biodiversity crises. He's doing invaluable work here.

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Chloe's writing is astonishing, lovely, brilliant, and above all empathetic. Highly recommended.

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Rob Lewis writes beautifully, sensibly, and intelligently from the meeting ground of climate science and poetry. His work reminds us that thinking about climate requires attending to the living world as much as to our energy systems.

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David is a gifted photographer, a fine writer, and a deeply honest witness to his own life and the lives of plants and animals.

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With a lifetime of experience, Brad always offers thoughtful commentary and analysis on ocean and fisheries topics.

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Terry always provides thoughtful curating of her extensive collection of unique images. Something new and interesting with every post.

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With Homecoming, Julie provides a wholehearted and multifaceted approach - essays, interviews, fiction, and more - to seeing the beautiful world, understanding our transformation of it, and guiding us to a better future for all life.

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Bill Davison is a keen and wonderful observer as well as a fine writer/photographer whose work beautifully evokes the natural world and our relationship to it.

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There's no better place to find quick, clearly-written, research-driven quantitative assessment and commentary on sustainability issues.

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Bryan offers brilliant, thoughtful, and beautiful writing on the natural world and our relationship to it. He is a very experienced naturalist and educator, and it shows. The benefits for paid subscribers are excellent.

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Sam Matey does a really great job rounding up important and optimistic news about our rapidly changing world, and his interviews with people making a difference are always fascinating and informative. Highly recommended.

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Katherine always offers thoughtful, keen writing on our relationship with the living world, and what's required to make it deeper and more resilient.

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Thoughtful writing that works to rebuild connections between people and the natural world, and between people so they can work together to support the natural world.

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Bill McKibben provides invaluable, hard-won insight and experience - plus some literary flair - to his articulation of the climate crisis and its solutions. Highly recommend.

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I love how Ben Dolnick uses his exploration of a single sentence to articulate a writer and their books. It's a fine strategy and a fun read.

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Timothy Snyder is the clearest and most experienced voice I've found in the midst of the horrors in Ukraine. His historical and political insights are essential.

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Naturalist and author David Williams does a brilliant job exploring and explaining the life and landscape of the Pacific Northwest.

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I love the depth of knowledge and lively intelligence in David's interviews with folks doing good work across the energy transition spectrum.

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Nicie writes beautifully and thoughtfully about books at the intersection of literature and environment.

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Kathleen writes beautifully on what it means to devote oneself to building community and taking action to face up to the climate crisis.

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Heather Cox Richardson is one of today's essential voices articulating the strengths and stress points of American democracy. She has been a reliable, sane voice through the turmoil of this difficult time in our history.

- Jason Anthony