Journalism and Other Short Writings

My writings on activism, climate issues, environmental education, and more have appeared in many diverse publications. The below pieces are a sampling of my 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

“DNA ‘fingerprints’ show salmon reach Olympic Peninsula’s uppermost streams” – Columbia Insight

“Save Giraffes From a Silent Extinction” – ForceChange.com

“North America’s Rarest Cats Need Our Help” – ForceChange.com

“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

“A Field Trip to the Dark Woods” – Exterminating Angel Press: The Magazine

“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 and Politics

“In Alaska, Sitkana Brings Tidal Energy to the People” – The Tyee

“Indiana Communities Suffer Under Trump’s Coal Ash Rollback” – Sierra

“Coal exports from Longview? Here we go again” – Columbia Insight

“A new dam could imperil one of Washington’s last unobstructed rivers” – Columbia Insight

“A new plan is afoot to log Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest” – Columbia Insight

“Activists are racking up wins against a false climate solution” – Waging Nonviolence

“Forced Coal Plant Openings Throw Communities Into Chaos” – Sierra

“On Washington coast, a case of fuel exports vs. habitat protection” – Columbia Insight

“Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Iconic Salmon Restoration Project” – The Revelator

“Here’s how December’s floods will impact the environment” – Columbia Insight

“After COP30, Indigenous narratives are more important than ever” – Waging Nonviolence

“A Montana Utility’s Coal Addiction Costs Ratepayers Millions” – Sierra

“Inside the student resistance to authoritarianism on campus” – Waging Nonviolence

“Logging projects still imperiling endangered western gray squirrels” – Columbia Insight

“Wash. says it will save 77,000 acres from logging. Enviros question the details” – Columbia Insight

“With federal climate progress stalled, Simplify Solar advances local solutions” – Waging Nonviolence

“Washington issues ‘lethal removal’ order for one of Sherman pack’s last wolves” – Columbia Insight

“Will Washington’s Groundbreaking Climate Law Inspire Other States?” – Sierra

“Washington is about to reform recycling. Will it work?” – Columbia Insight

“PNW hatcheries face rising costs, crumbling infrastructure” – Columbia Insight

“On wildlife, Ferguson is no Inslee” – Columbia Insight

“Greenpeace remains determined to fight the corporate silencing of dissent” – Waging Nonviolence

“How long will the Olympic Peninsula tree-sit go on?” – Columbia Insight

“New world disorder: Get ready for dirty toilets, closed facilities and fewer firefighters” – Columbia Insight

“As extreme weather batters communities, New York climate activists show a powerful path forward” – Waging Nonviolence

“Nothing new: How renewable energy projects perpetuate desecration of tribal lands” – Columbia Insight

“A new fight is coming over plastic bags” – Columbia Insight

“Following November election, Washington is emerging as a national leader in climate battle” – Columbia Insight

“University of Toronto students score a win for the climate — and campus protests more broadly” – Waging Nonviolence

“Washingtonians will cast the year’s most consequential climate vote” – Columbia Insight

“Washington has few older forests left. Why does DNR keep logging them?” – Columbia Insight

“West Coast climate activists battle the false ‘solution’ of forest biomass” – Waging Nonviolence

“Why the Climate Movement is Actually Close to Winning” – Waging Nonviolence

“As Private Interests Turn Profits on Public Lands, Wildlife and Taxpayers Pay the Price” – Columbia Insight

“Burning Trees: As the Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted” – The Revelator

“Climate Movement Elders Revive Monkey Wrench Tactics to Save an Old Forest” – Waging Nonviolence

“The Biomass Boom is Coming: Is the Pac NW Ready?” –Columbia Insight

“Student-Led Climate Activism is Flourishing in DeSantis’s Florida” – Waging Nonviolence

“UK Company Wants to Turn Pac NW Trees Into International Energy Source” – Columbia Insight

“6 Lessons for Climate Activists in Turbulent Times” – Waging Nonviolence

“A Major Win Against Factory Farming Points to a Powerful New Direction for the Climate Movement” – Waging Nonviolence

“How Montana Youth Turned the Tables and Won an Unprecedented Climate Victory” – In These Times

“Divest, Decarbonize and Disassociate — Inside the Bold New Push to Get Fossil Fuels Off Campus” – Waging Nonviolence

“Northwest Climate Activists Fight a New Front in the Movement to Stop Fossil Fuels” – Waging Nonviolence

“Climate activists and water protectors honor pipeline resister Joye Braun with a national day of action” – Waging Nonviolence

“How Young Climate Activists Built a Mass Movement to be Reckoned With” – Waging Nonviolence

“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

“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

“Young Indigenous Organizers are Taking the Fight Against Oil Pipelines to Biden” – Waging Nonviolence

“Overwhelming Odds, Unexpected Alliances and Tough Losses — How Defeating Keystone XL Built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement” – Waging Nonviolence

“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” – Waging Nonviolence

“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

“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

“It’s Time for the Tongue River Railroad to Die” – The Missoulian

“Montanans Calling for Climate Solutions” – The Missoulian

“It’s Time for MT to Move Off of Coal” – The Missoula

“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

“Defending the Clean Air Act from Congress” – BlueOregon.com

“In Corvallis, a Community Takes Steps to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels” – BlueOregon.com

“The Youth Movement’s Fight for a Fossil-Free Northwest” – Inside Climate News

“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

“High Stakes: LNG and the Legislature” – The Oregonian

“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