Nature Discovery Series | March 2025
A series highlighting randomly selected artists and writers from the HOME | Nature Directory
Nature Discovery is a series exploring fresh corners of the HOME | Nature Directory on Substack. Each month, I ask my computer to generate five random numbers, which I match to the auto-assigned numbers in my list of publications signed up to be part of the Nature Directory. (It’s free! Submit your listing info, if you haven’t yet!)
For each publication, so long as it qualifies as a SmallStack—i.e., it has fewer than 1000 subscribers, for now—I’ll poke around in its archives and pick one of my favorite pieces to share with you here.
I’ve found some real gems for this edition. Please give these wonderful artists the gift of your time and attention!
Hopecology
Conservation ecologist Andrea Joy Adams writes wonderful pieces about her experiences in conservation and features interviews with a range of interesting folks from scientists to veterinarians. This piece on the enchantment of putting one’s phone in airplane mode to camp in the desert for a week reminded me that it’s almost time for me to do the same!
A Nest of Songs
Newly launched, this repository of music, poetry, words, images, and wisdom struck straight to my tender heart, and I bet you’ll feel the same. I’ve highlighted a piece that’s kaleidoscopic in honoring a sweet, marshy (partly) American bird.
Psyche’s Nest
Psychotherapist and author Sally Gillespie writes movingly from Australia about how to find our healthiest minds in this time of chaos and grief. I loved this piece highlighting the need for self-care, but asking us to take the next step, too: to use our hands for good.
Het Oerbos Rewilding
Written in Dutch—never fear if you don’t read Dutch, just click the handy ‘Translate’ in your browser’s address bar—I loved DImitri’s piece reflecting on how to begin the journey of rewilding: “The first step to rewilding starts in our heads. The first step begins with ourselves.”
Dreaming in the Real
by Marnie Craig
Marnie Craig chronicles recovery from trauma through a connection with Mother Earth, releasing chapters of a memoir as posts on Substack. This one about the power of healing waters felt deep and true. Marnie’s photo below was so stunning I had to share it here.
And that’s five! See you all next month with five more nature ‘stacks that may just introduce you to an entirely new world,
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Thank you ! A lovely to surprise Psyche’s Nest featured here this month. Such great inspiration in teh directory , love the snow leopards news and video !
What a great selection of diverse reads and approaches to nature.