Welcome to the Weekly Landscape where we’ll post a bit of history Bygone Days, celebrate current writing with the potential to save the Earth, Writing Nowadays, and a look into the future with some Scenic Outlook pieces. Enjoy!
Bygone Days
Noted conservation biologist and longtime UW-Madison professor Stanley Temple reminds us that Aldo Leopold’s writings hold the answers to our rising threats to biodiversity:
https://news.wisc.edu/conservationist-reminds-us-aldo-leopold-still-relevant-today/
We love this article from Atlas Obscura that features early National Park maps and illustrations:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/national-park-master-plans-artwork
Writing Nowadays
Questions about writing about Nature? Start here. This is a beautiful comprehensive guide to outdoor books that have shaped the last decade – from Outside Magazine:
https://www.outsideonline.com/2406933/best-outdoor-adventure-health-books-2010s
Writing about Nature isn’t always only nonfiction and memoir based. Here are 10 books of eco-fiction:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/12/top-10-books-of-eco-fiction
Scenic Outlook
Read in-between the lines here to begin to understand how a futurist sees the world:
