Dawn Kane Writes

Building resilient communities is important as we face an uncertain future in this era of climate change. And one way we can protect...

I've been thinking a lot about trash lately. First there was this revelation: wet cardboard and paper cannot be recycled. Wait, what?!...

New year's resolutions come in a variety of stripes: lose 5lbs., save money, write more words... Most folks who've done their bit of...

With an international flight looming, I've felt some pressure lately to make sure I'm doing all I can to reduce the impact of my travel....

I started a discussion on social media: how do you celebrate winter holidays and minimize your impact on the environment? The number-one...

When a climate activist friend told me he volunteers for an organization that supports homeowners trying to go solar, and that advances...

As a child I grew up on a small farm in a rural area outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Open land surrounded us, but little by little the...

When I was in my twenties, I'd pick up broccoli or green peppers at the grocery because, as an adult, that's what I was supposed to be...

What does it mean to "act locally?" We often think about the health benefits of buying locally-sourced food, but it isn't only that....

So apparently if I do not eat 278 beef burgers, I can offset the flight I booked to Argentina at the end of the year. Yay! That's easy...

Despair, hope, joy—in that order. These were the waves of emotion that barreled over me during the efforts to get the Inflation Reduction...

Given Congress' recent failure to pass legislation on climate change, many activists are calling on President Biden to declare a climate...

I am super happy the Delaware County Daily Times published my first letter to the editor yesterday. Early in my career I worked for a...

Today's Supreme Court decision to hamstring the Environmental Protection Agency, if left as is, will make capping our carbon emissions a...

On this day in the US a woman's right to manage her own body has been overturned by the Supreme Court—a court of questionable legitimacy...

The howler monkeys begin before first light. Their calls echo through the rain forest like creatures descended from the cross of a lion...

One evening last summer as Lee and I were walking the dogs, I noticed him swatting at his head and grumbling. I prepared to say something...

Having an unexpected day off, Lee and I decided to run some errands and get a little lunch. There's a sweet French cafe near us, and we...

This morning the vegetation unfurled leaves and fronds to the warm spring sun in our local Cobb's Creek floodplain. Bumble bees buzzed...