In the new interactive anthology, Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming, new and established writers speak out from the depths of their own experience about the climate crisis. The 67 works in the anthology were selected from “nearly 1,000 submissions about beloved places, animals, plants, people, and activities at risk from a changing climate [...]
Archive | June, 2009
Favorite Nature Spots
About 14 months ago, I had the idea of sharing favorite nature spots among readers of This Green Life using Google Maps as the vehicle. This nature map has received some 300 odd contributions and is still going strong today. It includes recommendations of many amazing places I’d never even heard of. Finding them isn’t [...]
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Nature Map
Add your favorite nature spots to the collaborative This Green Life nature map:
1)Go to the map on Google.
2)SIGN IN to your Google or Gmail account. (You need an account to edit the map.)
3)Click the edit button in the panel to the left of the map.
4)DON'T CHANGE the map title or description! INSTEAD, click the balloon icon near the map zoom controls.
5)Move the balloon to your favorite spot and click.
6)Tell us why you love it—and link to a picture if possible.
7)Click OK.
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