Center for Humans & Nature
🌿📚 The Center for Humans & Nature is home to a press and a farm that explore in-depth and diverse perspectives about what it means to be human in an interconnected world. https://humansandnature.org
- ✍️🎨 Over the weekend, spend time with new essays, poems, interviews, photos, and videos published by Humans & Nature Press Digital. Curate by category and theme at humansandnature.org/digital The Press celebrates diverse sources of wisdom about what it means to be human in an interconnected world.
- 🌿 Discover something beautiful. Humans & Nature Press explores in-depth and diverse perspectives about what it means to be human in an interconnected world, and our books are now available at humansandnature.org/shop 📚 Every purchase directly supports the Center for Humans & Nature’s small press. 💚
- 🌱 Thanks again to everyone who submitted work to our 2025 Digital Press open call. We're grateful! We have a multi-step review process and a small editorial team. We'll be providing an update on social media one month before decisions are complete. Details: humansandnature.org/submission-guidelines
- What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world? 📚🎙️ Read more about this 5 episode Elementals special podcast collaboration inspired by the 5 volume book series, Elementals, published by Humans & Nature Press: mailchi.mp/humansandnat...
- A special 5-part Elementals audio series of The Becoming Nature Podcast hosted by Carina Lyall has been created in collaboration with the Center for Humans and Nature @humansandnature.bsky.social "...about being human in a more-than-human world" www.carinalyall.com/en/en-becomi...
- 🌿 Discover something beautiful. Humans & Nature Press explores in-depth & diverse perspectives about what it means to be human in an interconnected world, and our books are now available at humansandnature.org/shop 📚 Every purchase directly supports the Center for Humans & Nature’s small press. 💚
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- Reposted by Center for Humans & NatureInteresting posting from @humansandnature.bsky.social Before Dreams Are the Last Place We Find You By Lydia Cheshewalla "...an artist who works primarily with elements from nature, seeking to form relationships with the land and the more-than-human" humansandnature.org/before-dream...
- “It all started with walks, you know?” — Lydia Cheshewalla View Lydia’s exhibition “Before Dreams Are the Last Place We Find You” at Brushwood Center in Riverwoods IL thru Nov 2. At the link, read more about Lydia and enjoy a recent conversation we shared: humansandnature.org/before-dream... 🌱
- Lydia Cheshewalla was recently in residency at the Center for Humans & Nature, making work that will be exhibited at Brushwood Center in Riverwoods IL. Join us Sept 7 for an Opening Reception & Artist Talk for Cheshewalla’s ephemeral, site-specific installation: brushwoodcenter.org/event/openin...
- 🌿 Happy to be included in the Living Earth Community, a project of @religion-ecology.bsky.social. As shared on their site: “The world speaks—to itself and to us—in a multitude of voices, each representing a unique way of being and knowing.” Learn more: livingearthcommunity.com
- “I’m hoping that people take away the invitation. The invitation into nature, into this great family.” —Lydia Cheshewalla Lydia’s beautiful art, including ephemeral works created while on residency at the Center for Humans & Nature, is now on view at Brushwood: brushwoodcenter.org/plan-a-visit...
- Lydia Cheshewalla was recently in residency at the Center for Humans & Nature, making work that will be exhibited at Brushwood Center in Riverwoods IL. Join us Sept 7 for an Opening Reception & Artist Talk for Cheshewalla’s ephemeral, site-specific installation: brushwoodcenter.org/event/openin...
- Lydia Cheshewalla was recently in residency at the Center for Humans & Nature, making work that will be exhibited at Brushwood Center in Riverwoods IL. Join us Sept 7 for an Opening Reception & Artist Talk for Cheshewalla’s ephemeral, site-specific installation: brushwoodcenter.org/event/openin...
- Happy to partner with Brushwood Center & artist Lydia Cheshewalla, whose work will be published by Humans & Nature Press, on “Before Dreams Are The Last Place We Find You,” an ephemeral, site-specific installation by Cheshewalla, opening Sept 7 @ Brushwood Center: brushwoodcenter.org/event/openin...
- To the poets, writers, & artists who submitted work to Humans & Nature Press Digital’s 2025 open call: Thank you for considering what seeds we are all planting for the future. We are grateful for the thoughtfulness, time, & care each submission represents. We’ll update here as we finalize reviews. 🌱
- ✍️ Read "Fox River Wanderer: Summer" by Joanna K. Dane here: humansandnature.org/fox-river-wa...
- Lovely illustrated poem from Joanna K. Dane about the Fox River, in northeast #Wisconsin. Love this line: "Will I be able to sustain attention long enough/to know what is revealed only after sustained/attention?" @humansandnature.bsky.social
- Through 11:59pm CDT tonight, Tuesday, July 15th, we’re welcoming submissions of essays, poetry, and artwork on the theme of seeds for Humans & Nature Press Digital’s 2025 open call. Honoraria are given for published work. Submissions welcome from around the world: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
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- At the link below, enjoy Robin Wall Kimmerer's essay from our five-volume book series Elementals, shared here as part of a partnership between the Center for Humans & Nature and @emergencemagazine.bsky.social. Robin's essay appears in Earth, vol. 1 of Elementals: humansandnature.org/elementals
- Published by Humans & Nature Press and edited by @gavinvh.bsky.social and Bruce Jennings, Elementals is available as a five-volume set and as individual volumes. The series and individual volumes are also available as e-publications. Learn more about Elementals here: humansandnature.org/elementals 📚
- Welcoming submissions of essays, poetry, and artwork on the theme of seeds for Humans & Nature Press Digital’s 2025 open call. Submissions are open through July 15th at 11:59pm CDT. Honoraria are given for published work. Submissions welcome from around the world. humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- 🌿 Submissions are now open 🌿 For our open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’re welcoming writings & artwork on the theme of seeds. Submit your essays, poetry, & artwork through July 15th at 11:59 pm CDT: humansandnature.org/submission-g... #opencall #seeds #callforsubmissions
- 🌱 Beginning tomorrow, June 24th at 9am CDT, our Digital Press is welcoming essays, poetry, and artwork on the theme of seeds. In this time of accelerated climate and social change, what are the seeds we are planting for the future? ✍️🎨 Open call guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-guidelines
- ✨ Opening Tuesday ✨ For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’re welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. Open June 24th 9am CDT to July 15th 11:59pm CDT. Contributors receive a $500 honorarium upon publication. humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- ✨ Opening Tuesday ✨ For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’re welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. Open June 24th 9am CDT to July 15th 11:59pm CDT. Contributors receive a $500 honorarium upon publication. humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’ll be welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. 🌱 Submissions will be open June 24 thru July 15. Contributors receive an honorarium of $500 upon publication. Guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- ✍️ Join us with Writing the Wild for an evening of reading, writing, & conversation. Thurs 5/29. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📚 Read about Elementals: humansandnature.org/elementals @gavinvh.bsky.social @nicktriolo.bsky.social @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social @ebradfield.bsky.social
- 🌿 Join us with Writing the Wild for an evening of reading, writing, & conversation next Thurs, 5/29. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Read about Elementals: humansandnature.org/elementals @gavinvh.bsky.social @nicktriolo.bsky.social @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social @ebradfield.bsky.social
- For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’ll be welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. 🌱 Submissions will be open June 24 thru July 15. Contributors receive an honorarium of $500 upon publication. Guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- In this time of accelerated climate and social change, what are the seeds we are planting for the future? What are we growing in our gardens and communities? What are the forms of adaptation and beginnings that we want to enact at this point in our shared histories?
- What ancestral knowledges do we retain and reinvigorate that will further the flourishing of humans, and other-than-human beings? What are our intentions and offerings for the generations who follow us? How are we cultivating transformation in this time?
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View full threadReview our full submission guidelines here: humansandnature.org/submission-g... We look forward to receiving your work on seeds! 💚
- Reposted by Center for Humans & NaturePlease join us Wednesday for readings and a conversation on this vitally important subject
- 📚 Elementals book club returns on 5/21 with Vol. 5, An Elemental Life. If the elements are kin to one other, then what does it mean to live in kinship with the elements? Book club is hosted online by @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social. Register here: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social
- 📚 Elementals book club returns on 5/21 with Vol. 5, An Elemental Life. If the elements are kin to one other, then what does it mean to live in kinship with the elements? Book club is hosted online by @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social. Register here: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social
- 🎧 Weekend listening: An Elementals special series from The Becoming Nature #podcast with host Carina Lyall. Out now— Episode 1: Fire 🔥 feat. Rina Garcia Chua & @ekostories.bsky.social and Episode 2: Water 🌊 feat. Hannah Close & Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt. Listen: www.carinalyall.com/en/en-becomi... 🎙️
- For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’ll be welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. 🌱 Submissions will be open June 24 thru July 15. Contributors receive an honorarium of $500 upon publication. Guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- In this time of accelerated climate and social change, what are the seeds we are planting for the future? What are we growing in our gardens and communities? What are the forms of adaptation and beginnings that we want to enact at this point in our shared histories?
- What ancestral knowledges do we retain and reinvigorate that will further the flourishing of humans, and other-than-human beings? What are our intentions and offerings for the generations who follow us? How are we cultivating transformation in this time?
- Humans & Nature Press Digital publishes creative work that explores and promotes human responsibilities in relation to the whole community of life: humansandnature.org/humans-and-n...
- 📙 Join us online tomorrow, April 16th, for Elementals book club with @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social. In Elementals, more than 90 contributors invite readers to consider the ways the elementals flow through our relations with a more-than-human world. Register at the link below! @gavinvh.bsky.social
- Elementals book club returns on April 16! 🔥 📙 Vol. 4, Fire asks what the many manifestations of fire might be imparting to us now, & how fire may be beckoning us to keep & tend to our elemental relations with care. ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social
- If it is possible to revive an extinct species, should we? Explore our Questions series: “How far should we go to bring back lost species?” In promoting & protecting biodiversity, where would you draw the line? Explore nineteen responses: humansandnature.org/how-far-shou... #deextinction #direwolf
- Originally published in March 2015, we partnered with @hastingscenter.bsky.social on this Questions series and the special report, “Recreating the Wild: De-extinction, Technology, and the Ethics of Conservation.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1552146x...
- Elementals book club returns on April 16! 🔥 📙 Vol. 4, Fire asks what the many manifestations of fire might be imparting to us now, & how fire may be beckoning us to keep & tend to our elemental relations with care. ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social
- Delighted to share that internationally award-winning research scientist @monicagagliano.bsky.social has joined the Center for Humans & Nature as a Center Fellow. Dr. Gagliano has authored Thus Spoke the Plant (2018), The Mind of Plants (2021), & more. Read more: humansandnature.org/monica-gagliano
- 📘 Hosted by @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social, join us tonight for Elementals book club Vol. 3, Water: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... As a living presence, the circulation & flow of healthy waters defines our very existence. Ponder traditions, perspectives, & aspirations linked to this vital element 🌊
- 📘 What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world? Join us online to explore this question when Elementals book club returns Weds, March 19th. 🌊 RSVP: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social
- 📘 What can the vital forces of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire teach us about being human in a more-than-human world? Join us online to explore this question when Elementals book club returns Weds, March 19th. 🌊 RSVP: ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-0... @gavinvh.bsky.social @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social
- Join Executive Editor of Humans & Nature Press Books @gavinvh.bsky.social & John Hausdoerffer for their talk, "Elemental Joys of Kinship" at the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan on Sat, March 8 from 2:30-3pm. Details: www.vogue.com/article/all-... And: www.vogue.com/article/phot... #kinship #photovogue
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- For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’ll be welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. 🌱 Submissions: June 24 thru July 15. Contributors receive an honorarium of $500 upon publication. Submission guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
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- We’re in good company. 📚 Learn about Elementals here: humansandnature.org/elementals Beautiful book design by Mere Montgomery 💚
- “Imagine that we can make ourselves small enough to follow a root into a crack in the rock, & down, & down, between grains of sand & through porous rock. It’s dark down here—a prehistoric dark, a Pliocene dark, the dark of the past & of the future, the dark of dreams & crypts.” —Kathleen Dean Moore
