Brief Ecology is a newsletter from Ben Lockwood covering ecological essays, nonfiction, reviews, fiction and poetry, with recent issues on wildfire, a guided course on Murray Bookchin, and a speculative short story about human body reclamation. Readers get a mix of critical environmental thinking and literary writing with an ecological theme.
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A researcher's newsletter reflecting on open questions and methods in soil fungal and mycorrhizal ecology. Posts question common assumptions, such as the importance of common mycorrhizal networks, and invite readers to contribute ideas and collaborate.
Short weekly personal essays by a church pastor, rooted in the pond, wildlife and weather around a church, each ending in a prayer. They reflect on grace, attention, ecological renewal and community through concrete observation.
A farmer in northeast Missouri writes lyrical, place-based essays on the agrarian year, covering local ecology, land history, folklore and the work of raising food. Readers get vivid seasonal observation mixed with historical sources and reflection on land use, fire and rivers.
A newsletter cataloging NYC's natural and unnatural microseasons, with each issue focused on a particular urban wildlife, plant or environmental phenomenon. Readers get short observational essays that combine local ecology, history and urban policy with prompts to notice the city around them.
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