Search results for “Lauret Savoy”
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Lauret Savoy A professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College, Lauret Savoy explores the complex layering of natural and cultural histories, intersections of cultural identity and environmental awareness, and images and ideas about the American Earth. She writes about the stories we tell of the land’s origin and history, and the stories we tell of ourselves in the land. Learn more about Lauret at www.lauretsavoy.com. You can also follow her on Twitter at @LauretSavoy and/or on Facebook at http://goo.gl/90Bhmg.
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Blog Post Placing Washington, D.C. The paradox of how 10 square miles between Maryland and Virginia became the nation’s capital — through a culture of slavery and a coincidence of geography
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Blog Post The View from Point Sublime How a child's first visit to the Grand Canyon seeded a life-long path.
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Blog Post Fifty Years Later: Wilderness & Civil Rights in the Same Breath This summer marks the 50-year anniversary of two landmark pieces of legislation—the Civil Rights Act and the Wilderness Act—that are linked more closely than they might seem.
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Magazine Article Naming Matters Should Devils Tower be called Bear Lodge? Is Tacoma a better moniker than Mount Rainier? Around the country, activists are fighting to change place names they deem offensive, hurtful or arbitrary, and national parks are frequently the targets of these campaigns.