When despair for the world grows in me,
And I awake in the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood …

Now there can be a coherent rating system for sustainable landscape design, thanks to a consortium of experts. The Sustainable Sites Initiative has developed the United States’ first rating system for the design, construction, and …

Just within half a block of my house in a city I see Nature offering her beauty and reaching for the sky. She’s just amazing!
–Len

So many people who live in my area are Tweeting and Facebooking about ladybug swarms that have descended on us, the event seems to be as popular as writing about Sara Palin. How odd that …

What more does one need for fall decorating than heirloom gourds?
–Anonymous

If you have a green space that is 42 percent of the area within .62 miles of your house, a new study by researchers from the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam finds that …

Patricia Michaels is a traditional native woman who is a style-maker at the forefront of modern fashion design and aesthetics. She creates boldly hip designs with a quality of timeless elegance by blending her …

Many spiritual traditions point to this period in history as a time of great change on Earth. Prophecies of many cultures counsel people to watch for the birth of rare animals to signal the manifestation …

I love how every year the colors of the fall foliage are different. The leaves’ color seems to reflect the summer’s weather. Is it my imagination, or are there fewer and fewer reds as we …

To affect the quality of the days, that is the highest of the arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and …