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Click here to access a comprehensive archive of decades of my magazine writing in a variety of topics (under construction)
Sierra Magazine, San Francisco, CA 2008 I spent four months working in the editorial department of Sierra magazine where I wrote news stories, web copy, and reviews as part of a requirement for my master’s degree in creative nonfiction writing. Sierra is the national publication of the Sierra Club and has more than one million readers….
ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS Do you want to save the planet with small, daily steps? Try reading the books I reviewed for the HR Voice website: http://hrvoice.org/story.aspx?&storyid=4248&issueid=825 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken Fight Global Warming Now by Bill McKibben RECOMMENDED GREEN PUBLISHER New Society Publishers, carbon-neutral and…
I wrote an eco-tour story for the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Sierra magazine on the bald eagles of Brackendale, B.C. (Sierra, the national publication of the Sierra Club in the U.S., has more than a million readers.) Click here to read my article. Brackendale has set the world record for the most bald eagles counted in a single…
It was a treat to interview Andreas and Kendra Tize, owners of Secret Cove Marina in Halfmoon Bay, BC. I got to luxuriate, albeit briefly, in their 5,000-square-foot float home and discover the cozy seafood restaurant The Upper Deck. (I knew Andreas as the Roberts Creek rep for the Sunshine Coast Regional District.) Their marina…
DOCUMENTARY (21.5 min.) A New Way: An Organic Garden Saves Lives written, directed, and produced by Heather Conn cinematographer and editor: Ivy Miller Story summary: A farmer, miner, and First Nations CEO create an organic demonstration garden using mined land, a “secret” ingredient, and a business/education model unique in Canada. 2013 RELEASE: A New Way:…
Canada’s rare Kermode bear After joining a small group of eco-tourists on British Columbia’s Princess Royal Island, I was lucky enough to see and photograph the white Kermode bear in remote wilderness. Canada is the only nation in the world that’s home to this rare form of black bear, whose fur is white due to…