2003-04: Resilience

Volume 12: 2003-2004

What sparks the transforming energy of an urban community garden? Why are some endangered species able to recover while others go extinct? How do some environmentalists sustain lifelong endeavors without losing faith or focus? What will it take for critically damaged ecosystems to rebound back to health? Contributors to Volume 12 of Whole Terrain reflect upon the resilience required to sustain ecological and social communities and the characteristics—dignity, wisdom, flexibility, courage, humility and humor—that make such resilience possible.

Introduction

Debra Mackey

Poetry

Red
Mara Glatzel
On Sagadahoc Bay
Alison Deming
Under the Influence of Ironwood
Alison Deming

Essays

Cover Story: A Pelican Parable
Debra Mackey
The Arrow of Biological Time
John Tallmadge
Frogs, Fires, and False Alarms
Bernd Heinrich
Sensing the Background
Jonathan Schach
Seeing Through the Changes
Fred Taylor
Resilience of Memory
Leah Majofis
Ladybug Hill
Tim Otter
Prayer, Preparation, and Persistence: A Conversation with Willie Fontenot
Debra Mackey
Wilfire Summer
Ann Zwinger

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