Nick’s writings on activism, climate issues, environmental education, and more have appeared in many diverse publications. The below pieces are a sampling of his work.
Environmental Education
“Why Activism Needs to be Part of Any Meaningful Climate Education” – Waging Nonviolence
“Can We Teach the Earth Charter Anymore? A Critical Examination of the Earth Charter’s Role in Education” (co-authored) – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
“White Guy Hiking: How I Learned to Think Critically About My Ecological Identity” – Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays
“Confronting a World of Wounds” – CLEARING Magazine
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Natural History
“Incredible Kelp Forests With Countless Marine Animals Are Facing Destruction” – ForceChange.com
“Tasmanian Devils: Long Persecuted and in Need of Help” – ForceChange.com
“Shy, Elusive Wolverines are Clinging to Survival” – ForceChange.com
“See Turtles, Ancient Survivors of the Oceans, Could Soon be Extinct” – ForceChange.com
“The World’s Loneliest Frog Finds a Mate!” – Daily Kos
“Mapping Washington Bumble Bees” – 1889 Magazine
“Imperiled Bats Need Our Help, Not Persecution” – ForceChange.com
“Moths of the Methow” – Methow Naturalist
“Studying Moths in the North Cascades” – Chattermarks
“Chasing Birds in Washington” – 1889 Magazine
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Fiction
“The Hills of Eternity” – Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine
“Mountain Words” – Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine
“Empire Camp” – Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine
“The Highway of Regrets” – Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine
Activism & Politics
“The Fossil Free Research Movement is Taking Universities by Storm” – Waging Nonviolence
“Climate Activists Across the Global South and North Unite to Stop the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline” – Waging Nonviolence
“Wildlife Killing Contests Are a Senseless Celebration of Slaughter and Cruelty” – ForceChange.com
“Three Years After the First Global School Strike, Signs of the Youth Climate Movement’s Success Are Everywhere” – Waging Nonviolence
“It’s Time to Challenge Animal Agriculture–Without the ‘Go Vegan’ Campaigns” – The Trouble
“As Biden Backslides, a Bigger, Better-organized Climate Movement Prepares to Seize this ‘Now or Never’ Moment” – Waging Nonviolence
“Indigenous Youth Keep Pressure on Biden in Pipeline Fights” – Deceleration
“Old-Growth Forests and Their Animal Inhabitants are Disappearing” – ForceChange.com
“Overwhelming Odds, Unexpected Alliances and Tough Losses — How Defeating Keystone XL Built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement” – Waging Nonviolence
“Oil and Gas Pipelines are a Disaster for Wildlife” — ForceChange.com
“Indigenous-led Resistance to Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline Threatens Big Oil’s Last Stand” – Vox Populi
“As the Smoke Subsides, West Coast Climate Activists Show What an Effective Response Looks Like” – Waging Nonviolence
“After a Big Win Against Coal, NY Climate Activists are Closer than Ever to Ending All Fossil Fuel Investments” – Waging Nonviolence
“Protecting the Sacred Place Where Life Begins” – Eurasia Review
“For Climate Activists, Coronavirus Lockdown Means More Time to Organize”– Waging Nonviolence
“How a New Generation of Climate Activists is Reviving Fossil Fuel Divestment and Gaining Victories” – Waging Nonviolence
“How Generation Z is Leading the Climate Movement” – Waging Nonviolence
“Giving Youth a Voice: Jamie Margolin Leads the Way on Climate Change” – 1889 Magazine
“How the Youth-Led Climate Strikes Became a Global Movement” – Waging Nonviolence
“Climate Activists Set Sights on Ending Fossil Fuel Exports in the Northwest Once and for All” – Waging Nonviolence
“Cows and Climate Change: Clearing Up the Confusion” – Daily Kos
“How Young Activists Turned the Old Idea of a Green New Deal into a Powerful Movement” – Waging Nonviolence
“Trump’s Failed Coal Mission: A Year in Recap” – Daily Kos
“Australia’s Fires are Burning Animals to Death” – ForceChange.com
“First Nations Take on Canadian Government to Stop Trans Mountain Pipeline” – Waging Nonviolence
“8 Lessons for Today’s Youth-Led Movements From a Decade of Youth Climate Organizing” – Waging Nonviolence
“What Happens When Trump’s War on the “War on Coal” Fails?” – Daily Kos
“So, You Think You Voted?” – Daily Kos
“Why There’s Hope for the Climate Movement Under Trump” – Waging Nonviolence
“What I Saw at a Love Trumps Hate Rally” – Daily Kos
“How #NoDAPL United a Movement for Indigenous Rights” – Waging Nonviolence
“These Are the People Who Trump Wants to Ban From Coming to the US” – Daily Kos
“How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America” – YES! Magazine
“Montanans Calling for Climate Solutions” – The Missoulian
“The Extraction Backlash: How Fossil Fuel Companies Are Aiding Their Own Demise” – Common Dreams
“Indigenous Organizing Drives Montana Tar Sands Opposition” – Waging Nonviolence
“How to Stop a Coal Train In Its Tracks” – Common Dreams
“Montana Coal Protesters Argue Necessity Defense” – Waging Nonviolence
“Big Coal Faces Big Opposition in Pacific Northwest” – Salon
“Montanans Prepare to Harness Direct Action in Coal Fight” – Waging Nonviolence
“Is Millennium Bulk Logistics a Good Neighbor for Oregon?” – BlueOregon.com
“Can Geothermal Power Help China Meet its Energy Needs?” – Justmeans.com
“New Zealand Companies Crack Down on Illegal Timber” – Justmeans.com
“Defending the Clean Air Act from Congress” – BlueOregon.com
“In Corvallis, a Community Takes Steps to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels” – BlueOregon.com
“Ethiopia Moves Toward Carbon Neutrality” – Justmeans.com
“2010 Was Record-Breaking Year for Solar” – Justmeans.com
“PGE Tries to Fool Oregonians, Holds Columbia Gorge Hostage” – BlueOregon.com
“Boardman Coal Plant a Hot Topic at Public Hearing” – BlueOregon.com
“Now is the Time to Move Oregon Beyond Coal” – BlueOregon.com
“Nukes or Fossil Fuels? Germany Rejects False Choice” – Justmeans.com
“High Stakes: LNG and the Legislature” – The Oregonian
“U.S. Interior Department Fails to Deliver Clean Energy” – Justmeans.com
“Grassroots Organizing and the Defeat of Bradwood LNG” – BlueOregon.com
“Funding for Dirty Energy and Emissions Casts Shadow on PNC Bank’s Green Image” – UK Guardian
“The Youth Movement Goes to Copenhagen” – YES! Magazine
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