Category: Reconnecting to Nature

Protect Your Heart, Protect Our Values, Preserve Wisdom and Curiosity; Become a Chaparral Naturalist

In our tenth year offering our Chaparral Naturalist course, we confront a country that is challenging much of what we hold dear as caring people. In considering what is in our control as individuals, one response is to ensure the preservation of the ethics,… Continue Reading “Protect Your Heart, Protect Our Values, Preserve Wisdom and Curiosity; Become a Chaparral Naturalist”

The Nature Of Life. Wilderness As A Crucible For Finding Our Humanity For The First Time

The trail along the ashen gray cliff was maybe ten inches wide. To the left was a 200-foot drop into Convict Canyon and its roaring creek pushing through jagged rockfall. To the right was a steep mountain side of scree and gray boulders, all… Continue Reading “The Nature Of Life. Wilderness As A Crucible For Finding Our Humanity For The First Time”

Algerians in the Chaparral

The Berbers, the indigenous population of North Africa, partnered with, fought against, and embraced so many different civilizations; the Phoenicians who established Carthage, the Romans who destroyed the city and incorporated its territory into the Empire, the Vandals, multiple Arab dynasties, and the French.… Continue Reading “Algerians in the Chaparral”