The price of batteries

The price of batteries

If we’re going to power our industrial civilization with solar and wind, we’re going to need batteries. Lots of them. We can’t control when it’s sunny or windy, so we have to store the power we get from solar and wind when we get it for use...
Beaulieu Beadle and the Exbury Egg

Beaulieu Beadle and the Exbury Egg

For one year, artist Stephen Turner lived in an egg on the Beaulieu River in England. He spent his year there in character as Beaulieu Beadle, noticing nature and writing a blog about his experience. He created the Exbury Egg in collaboration with the Space Place...
Undeniably altered by humanity

Undeniably altered by humanity

When we affect the climate, there is no more untouched wilderness. I found that so strange that an area could be two things at once—the very definition of human intervention and also virgin wilderness. It occupies both in our minds and that’s...
Carmanah Contrasts

Carmanah Contrasts

The aftermath of clear-cutting is an ecological horror story. The Carmanah Valley is one of the last areas of old-growth forest left on Vancouver Island and is home to a spectacular stand of Sitka spruce. But it is also threatened by big logging interests which have...