Environmental Diversity
A gardener watering raised vegetable beds in a community garden
community garden
A group of hikers with daypacks on a forest trail
trail day
A sandy beach with dune grass and a rocky sea stack offshore
on the coast
A child walking through a green meadow below forested mountains
open meadow
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Books, history, heritage and the wider culture around nature, place and community.

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Pack list: books to carry

  • The Color of Law, by Richard RothsteinHow public policy segregated American neighborhoods, the backdrop to many of today's heat and pollution maps.$8.54 Amazon price, as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:26 PM UTCSee on Amazon
  • Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall KimmererA botanist and Potawatomi writer on what plants teach about reciprocity; the book many readers start with.$14.30 Amazon price, as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:26 PM UTCSee on Amazon
  • The Seed Keeper, by Diane WilsonA novel about a Dakota family, its seeds and the women who kept them through generations.$10.30 Amazon price, as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:26 PM UTCSee on Amazon

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