Berkana is a personal, essayistic newsletter by a writer who reflects on ecological crisis, economic livelihood, structural injustice and the inner life, often drawing on folklore and poetry such as Khasi verse from Meghalaya. Readers get lyrical, meditative long-form essays that connect the natural world, collective history and personal stories.
Website: https://berkana.cc
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.
Field notes, tools and research reports on the natural world, including a volcano guessing game, a review of research on nature and wellbeing, and a conservation proposal for a sandplain habitat. Readers get original projects and well-sourced, practical writing on ecology and human connection to nature.
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