Photos by Tom Hallock A year ago, when UUA/Beacon left our location on Beacon Hill to move to the Innovation District, I sorely regretted the change of scenery on my morning walk into the office. No more expanses of grass, … Read More
Climate change is happening, and faster than scientists expected. Polar ice caps are melting faster, island nations are going underwater, the ocean is acidifying and warming. In the US, we are suffering catastrophic droughts from California to Texas, along with … Read More
As an editor, I feel very fortunate to have worked with Stefan Bechtel on his book about the early and fierce conservationist William Temple Hornaday. As an eco-activist myself, I was captivated by Hornaday’s story, that he went up against … Read More
When Alexis Rizzuto was planning the vacation she took this past fall, she didn’t pore over travel guides or look to glossy magazines for inspiration. Alexis is an editor at Beacon Press, so she just took a look at the amazing … Read More
On November 6, Beacon Press editor Alexis Rizzuto was part of the Tar Sands Action protest in Washington, DC. She sat down with our blog editor to discuss the protest and its impact. What was the protest about? It was … Read More
http://www.iheartungulates.com/ Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA is a hot spot for migratory birds and those who watch them, and the stars of the bird show this spring have been the owlets. In late April, the two great horned owl … Read More
We at Beacon would like to commemorate the passing of one of our environmental authors, Theodore Michael Dracos (Ted in his by-line, Theo to friends). His book, Biocidal: Confronting the Poisonous Legacy of PCBs, first came to us in 2008 … Read More
Historic Poster: Dig for Victory! When I started my vegetable garden in the spring of 2010, I swore I’d be the only “urban farmer” who could do so without having to blog about it. Seems like these days every sprig … Read More
In spring every gardener’s fancy turns to thoughts of planting. But I cannot write about my own garden without first writing about my great-grandmother’s. Though I never met that remarkable Sicilian, and her garden had become a parking lot by … Read More
David, a birding friend, called to say he knew of a spot where woodcocks were performing their spring mating dance. The woodcock is a short, stocky bird with a long bill and a dramatic way of courting. They hang out … Read More