Resources
I. The Forest Log:
Selected Writings from the
Long-Term Ecological Reflections Residencies
For more selections and writer biographies, please visit the Forest Log site.
All files are in .pdf format.
†Blue River Residents; others are Andrew Forest Residents
Fall 2008
- Tom Fleischner Winter's First Rains
- Scott Russell Sanders† Mind in the Forest (published in Orion)
Spring 2008
- Freeman House† Momento Mori; Varieties of Attentiveness
- John Elder† (essay in progress)
- Mary Zeller (poems in progress)
- Elizabeth Bernays Of Moisture and Moss
- Laird Christensen The Other Side of the Clearcut
Fall 2007
- Joan Maloof Four Poems
- Jane Coffey Juxtaposition; decay
- Mary Evelyn Tucker† public lecture, "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology," Oct. 26, 2007
Spring 2007
- Kathie Durbin Reflections on change, natural or otherwise
- Christina Lovin Five Poems
Fall 2006
- Kevin McKelvey Three Poems
- Bill Sherwonit Reflections on Thrush Songs, Newt Tracks, and Old-Growth Stands of Trees (ISLE); Field Notes
- Michael Nelson† A Letter to Number 400; Drowning Democritus
Spring 2006
- Vicki Graham Debris; Writings
- Alison Hawthorne Deming† Andrews Forest Quartet; The Owl, Spotted (OnEarth); The Web (Orion); This Ground Made of Trees
Fall 2005
- Pattiann Rogers† This Day, Tomorrow, and the Next (OnEarth) Genesis (Georgia Review) (both poems also published in Wayfare, 2008, Penguin)
Spring 2005
- Scott Slovic† Out of Time (Flyway: A Literary Review)
Fall 2004
- Robin Kimmerer† Interview with a Watershed; Listening to Water
Spring 2004
- Robert Michael Pyle† Here's What the Scientists See...; The Long Haul (Orion); Reflections: Field Notes, Journal Entries, Essay, Poems & Comments
II. Videos and Audio
2008 IDEAS MATTER lecture series:
Who Owns the Sky? ~ The Tragedy or Triumph of the Commons
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- Devon Peña (January 17, 2008): "Restoring the Commons: The Struggles of Mesoamerican Diaspora Farmers and Multigenerational Acequia Farmers."
- Eric Freyfogle (January 24, 2008): “Conservation's Missing Framework”
- Charles Wilkinson (January 31, 2008): “The Commons and Community Gone Bad: The Break-Up of the Great Siletz Reservation”
- Mark Hixon (February 14, 2008): "The Ocean Commons: Unseen Tragedy, Elusive Triumph"
- Kim Stanley Robinson (February 21, 2008): "The Future Is a Commons"
- Mary Wood ( February 28, 2008): "Nature's Trust: A Legal Paradigm for Natural Resources Stewardship" (Click here for Mary Wood's webiste)
- David Korten (March 13, 2008): “Navigating the Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community”
2004 Lecture Series:
All files in this series are in audio format and open with Quicktime Player. They may take a few moments to load. For more information about this series and to view the full schedule, click here.
October 28, 2004
- N. Scott Momaday: Part 1
October 29, 2004
- Marcus Borg
- Joanna Macy: Introduction; Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Q&A 1; Q&A 2
- Seyyid Hossein Nasr
- Kathleen Dean Moore: Part 1
- Chet Raymo, OSU Chamber Choir and the Corvallis-OSU Chamber
Orchestra: In the Beginning: the Music of Creation, featuring the world premiere of a new composition for choir, percussion, piano, and sampled sounds of the cosmos by Michael Coolen: Track 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25
October 30, 2004
- Panel Discussion with Marcus Borg, Joanna Macy, Kathleen Dean Moore, Seyyid Hossein Nasr, and Chet Raymo:
Nature and the Sacred: How, then, shall we live?: Part 1; Part 2
OTHER LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
- Mary Evelyn Tucker (October 26, 2007): "The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology"
III. Articles on the Spring Creek Project's programs
- Bridging Boundaries: Scientists, Creative Writers, and the Long View of the Forest an article by Frederick J. Swanson, Charles Goodrich, and Kathleen Dean Moore describing overview of the LTEReflections program, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, (2008).
- 20/20 Vision an article by Nicolas Houtman about the Spring Creek Project and the Reflections program at the Andrews, from Terra: A world of research and creativity at Oregon State University (Spring 2006).
IV. "Philosophy of Nature" reading list
- Philosophy of Nature Course Reading List (pdf)