Environmental Writer
Climate Change/Energy / Health / Pollution/Waste
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 25, 2020 · Last modified June 18, 2020
Before getting new glasses this winter, I’d forgotten what it was like to see distant objects in sharp relief. The glasses improved my vision but far-off vistas remained hazy – until the pandemic shutdown...
Economics / Food / Health / Slower Living / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published May 7, 2020 · Last modified June 18, 2020
The current gardening boom has parallels to the widespread “War Gardens” and “Victory Gardens” grown during and after WWI, when the nation struggled with food shortages and the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published April 16, 2020
Last week’s storm decimated the trees in our yard, exposing raw tissue where limbs severed. Branches, graced by buds that will never open, lay scattered on the killing snow. Taking in the scene, I...
Food / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 26, 2020 · Last modified April 16, 2020
Among the boundless concerns provoked by COVID-19, food supplies are top of mind for many Maine residents. The fear for consumers can be visceral: With store shelves emptying quickly, will there be enough to...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values / Economics / Food / Health / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published October 31, 2019
“We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot,” Leonardo da Vinci is said to have observed roughly five centuries ago. Sadly, that statement still holds, according to geologist...
Climate Change/Energy / Health / Housing / Pollution/Waste / Sense of Place / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published September 5, 2019 · Last modified October 3, 2019
Instead of relying solely on models and charts, what if we tried to visualize just how different our lives might be in a climate-altered Maine two decades hence? What follows is an imaginative portrait...
by Marina Schauffler · Published March 1, 2019 · Last modified March 4, 2019
Can something too small to be seen enlarge a worldview? From humble origins like household dust and showerhead slime, new insights are emerging into a vital and overlooked player in human health, agriculture and...
In Louise Penny’s engaging mystery series, chief inspector Armand Gamache often launches an investigation by asking his team, “Tell me what you know.” It’s an effective strategy when assembling clues following a suspicious death....
