Curiosity pursued is exploration. and as we develop a constructed understanding of what surrounds us, we eventually realize the question we must ask is whether we see ourselves as part of those systems, or apart from them. It’s a tough channel to navigate. Somewhere at the intersection of these thoughts and questions is “Wild in READ MORE
Electrifying: Energy Transition, Environmental Law, and Election Years
Geopolitics Challenges the Transition to Renewables and My Environmental Science Students are Constructing their Understanding of Environmental Law and Teaching it to Each Other Since 2016 I have taught environmental law during election years as an upper level undergraduate course to (mostly) Environmental Science majors and the choice to teach it only during election years READ MORE
Science Standards in Regulatory Law: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
How Do We collect Data and Use It to Inform Setting Standards in Conservation and Environmental Law? What is the role of science and how does it inform conservation strategies and environmental law? Who gets to be a scientist and what does that mean? About a decade ago, I was teaching fifth grade… Where I READ MORE
My Nature Loving Neighbor, King Moonracer (aka – Travis the Mechanic)
This week I was asked to write about an international animal law issue and wanted to focus on biodiversity, conservation law and health so I went for a walk to organize my thoughts and saw neighbor Travis under the bridge… “It all turns on affection…” ~ Wendell Berry In 2012 Wendell Berry gave the Jefferson READ MORE
Border Crossings: Monarch Butterflies
Posted on July 26, 2022 by wildinaminute Monarch Butterflies Looking Good in 2019 (Trevor Hance) In January 2019, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the transvolcanic belt of Central Mexico, where I experienced beautiful forests, people, and millions of monarch butterflies who overwinter there each year. I am grateful to Natural Habitat Adventures and World Wildlife Fund for being selected to join them READ MORE
Bee-energy? Let’s revisit Texas Senate Bill 1772: Pollinator Friendly Solar Farms in Texas
Trevor Hance Bee-nergy: a Texas Pollinator-Smart Solar Program is Smart for Texas This blog revisits Texas Senate Bill 1772 (2021), and asserts that Texas should create a “Texas Pollinator-Smart Solar Program.” The creation of a Texas Pollinator-Smart Solar Program will incorporate existing synergies at the federal and local level, build on Texas’ leadership in the READ MORE