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Sunday Perspective: California's deficit of common sense
CALIFORNIA IS rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money. The problem is...
Oakland Tribune, 11/15/09 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
Unnatural disaster.(Letter to the Editor)
Rebecca Solnit's essay on natural disasters ["The Uses of Disaster," October] was prescient. It was unfortunate that it was already at press when...
Harper's Magazine, 03/01/06 by Shiffner, Daniel; Solnit, Rebecca · More from publication -
The uses of disaster: notes on bad weather and good government.
Shortly after midnight on September 29, 2003, Hurricane Juan made landfall near Halifax, Nova Scotia. The result was a disaster. Sixty-foot waves...
Harper's Magazine, 10/01/05 by Solnit, Rebecca · More from publication -
Creative destruction.
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky. With essays by Lori Pauli, Mark Haworth-Booth and Kenneth Baker, and an interview...
Nation, The, 09/01/03 by Solnit, Rebecca · More from publication -
In photography is the preservation of the world: Elliot Porter celebrated ordinary rocks, fallen leaves, and the lush complexity of life
When "In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World": Selections and Photographs by Eliot Porter appeared in November of 1962, nothing like it had...
Sierra, 09/01/02 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
Big Canvas - travel photographs - Brief Article
In the 1860s, Carleton Watkins' spectacular photographs of Yosemite helped convince Congress to set the area aside as the nation's first wilderness...
Sierra, 11/01/00 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
The New Gold Rush - gold mining in Nevada
The forty-niners' lust for gold devastated California's foothills. The forty-niners' lust for gold devastated California's foothills. Now it's...
Sierra, 07/01/00 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
Texas on my mind - a rafting trip down the Rio Grande reveals a polluted river - includes information on Sierra Club's activities
The Rio Grande has been severely altered by human activities but wild, natural spots still exist. A writer explores the river and its ecosystem on...
Sierra, 09/01/98 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
The lost woods of Killarney - old-growth oak forest in Ireland - includes related information
A visit to Ireland to explore its last old-growth oak forest is described. Tomies Wood in Killarney includes 3,500 acres that are the closest...
Sierra, 03/01/97 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication -
Up the river of mercy - history of Yosemite Valley
The first white men to enter Yosemite Valley were the Mariposa Battalion who were pursuing Indians in 1851. The original Indian inhabitants and...
Sierra, 11/01/92 by Rebecca Solnit · More from publication
