Archive - Natural Stories

November 2024

The Dao of Trump’s Freedom Cities

How an obscure campaign proposal could reshape ownership, land, and nature

Nov 27 •

Why do we name places after people?

I used to take place-names for granted. Then I realized how much they say about my culture’s relationship to nature and place.

Nov 20 •

A class on class and nature

In which our hero started telling a story and got confused

Nov 13 •

From dread to delight

In a sequel to Nature's drift, how a Wyoming river changed my perspective

Nov 6 •

October 2024

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wilderness cosmology

In Montana, the writer saw wilderness as a way to critique society

Oct 29 •

How a Montana Creek Changed My Perspective

Oct 22 •

Thomas Wolfe and the greatest Western novel that never was

Reflections on the role of story in reflecting and shaping culture

Oct 15 •

Urgent! You need to learn how to set aside urgency

Leading with panic makes for bad storytelling, in both business and climate

Oct 8 •

Why you should care about Rosalie Edge

My case for an unfairly-forgotten conservationist

Oct 1 •

September 2024

Our first year, plus links and recs

52 weeks of stories, nature, entrepreneurship, and community

Sep 24 •

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