Why I want to swim with whales. Alaska News Brief July
Talking about the weather isn’t chitchat anymore. When wildfires turn the sky apocalyptic...
18 July, 2023
Drinks with lawyers—Rachel makes a case for shiny red shoes
Rachel’s family knew she would be a lawyer before she did. Her grandfather...
18 July, 2023
Sketching nature, respect and wonder
By Geoff Toy I grew up running around in the woods near my...
18 July, 2023
The light always returns: Alaska News Brief June 2023
Earlier this month, I joined my mom on her last—for now—“bucket list”...
22 June, 2023
Drinks with lawyers—Katie talks about going into the unknown
At 28 and just a few years out of law school, Katie...
21 June, 2023
When I grow up, I’m gonna be outdoors!
Lydia grew up wanting to be outdoors; and then the pandemic made...
21 June, 2023
Drinks with lawyers: Bridget on doing good and paying the bills
If you heard about ConocoPhillips’ new Willow oil and gas project, you...
16 May, 2023
It’s choice, not fate, on climate. Alaska News Brief April 2023.
Too many pandemic lessons have gotten lost as the engine of “normal”...
14 April, 2023
Finding joy on mountain ridges
When I was little, my mother asked my brother and I to...
13 April, 2023
How a week of news tastes like a soggy cabbage sandwich: Alaska News Brief March 2023
I took some time off to see my family in early March....
17 March, 2023
How pandemic shifts brought Theresa Soley to Trustees
A cartoonized image of Theresa. By Theresa Soley The pandemic has meant changes...
14 March, 2023
A Homer couple uses Pick.Click.Give. to protect the places they love
Rika and John Mouw settled in Alaska from the mountains of Colorado...
28 February, 2023
A long walk in the Arctic
Late last June, I drove from my home in Anchorage to Fairbanks...
21 January, 2023
The outside life–an ode to icy slopes and jampacked campgrounds
I’ve been incredibly lucky to call Alaska my home for over 11...
14 December, 2022
To make is to share, a winter solstice reflection
Every December as the shortest day of light approaches, we like to...
14 December, 2022
Joanna is finishing her legal fellowship. She has words.
Two years ago, I left my position as a disability rights attorney...
16 November, 2022
A climber’s reflection: Being in that exact spot, at that exact moment
I always wanted to climb as a kid. As soon as I...
15 November, 2022
A recipe for well being
By Brian Litmans, legal director Brian in the desert, 2020. Just after I...
21 October, 2022
This seasick soul is lovesick for the sea
I never expected to find peace and well-being at sea. For most...
20 September, 2022
In memory of a fierce advocate for good: Alaska News Brief September 2022
We lost a friend and board member to cancer last month. Glo...
20 September, 2022
From disillusionment to advocacy–my path to environmental law
Growing up, I probably wouldn’t have considered myself an “environmentalist.” No, I wasn’t...
19 September, 2022
Playing on the Chattahoochee floodplains seeded my interest in legal advocacy
I grew up along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, just north of...
19 September, 2022
The ache and the awe of tender gravity
Marybeth Holleman’s first book of poetry, “tender gravity,” came out this month,...
17 August, 2022
My summers with dirt
By Tracy Lohman Vine-ripe goodness from Tracy's greenhouse. Photo by Tracy Lohman. Gardening is...
17 August, 2022
The gift of good guidance: Alaska News Brief July 2022
Summer officially runs from summer solstice on June 21 to the fall...
14 July, 2022
Just a country kid
By Ashley Boyd Ashley at her parents' house in Texas. Photo by Ashley Growing...
13 July, 2022
Reflections from the Just Transition Summit
Four of us from Trustees joined the Just Transition Summit at the...
17 June, 2022
Nature teaches me I’m the protagonist in my own life
My moms always tried to pull me outdoors when I was a...
17 June, 2022
Howling pierced the morning quiet
We looked up the hillside and saw a pack of five or...
17 May, 2022