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Chip Ward

A former grassroots organizer and librarian, Chip Ward, TomDispatch regular, writes from Torrey, Utah. He is the author of two books, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. His essays can be found by clicking here. To listen to Timothy MacBain’s latest TomCast audio interview in which Ward discusses global ‘weirding,’ click here, or download it to your iPod here.

Latest from Chip Ward

The Original Geo-Engineers: Or How to Save the Iconic West From the Cow

The new "nesters" understand that you cannot steer and control an ecosystem but you might be able to dance with one.
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch
July 29, 2014

Rewilding the West, One Step at a Time

Trek West, a 'landscape connectivity' project, will cover 6,000 miles of North America on foot, bike boat, and horseback.
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch
June 24, 2013

We Screwed Up: A Letter of Apology to My Granddaughter

Dear Maddie, I address this letter to you, but please share it with Jack, Tasiah, and other grandchildren who are yet unborn. Also, with your children and theirs.…
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch
March 27, 2012

Someone Got Rich and Someone Got Sick: Nature Is the 99 Percent, Too

If your child has asthma and it’s getting worse, then news about the White House’s recent retreat on ozone (that is, smog) standards for the air over your…
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch
October 27, 2011

How the West Was Lost

Arizona is burning. Texas, too. New Mexico is next. If you need a grim reminder that an already arid West is burning up and blowing away, here it…
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch
June 16, 2011

The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good: The Yellowstone Success Story and Those Who Want to Kill It

At long last, good news. Fifteen years have passed since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and the results are in. The controversial experiment has been a…
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch | Op-Ed
September 28, 2010

The BP Disaster Marks the End of the Age of Arrogance About the Environment … Can We Change?

We dreamed we were living in a fabulous mansion but are waking up in a greasy gutter. The ecological and economic catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico…
by
Chip Ward
AlterNet
June 10, 2010

Welcome to Glennbeckistan

Where the Tea Party Rules and the Tea-hadis Roam What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let's call it Glennbeckistan, where white, patriarchal, religiously zealous, Tea…
by
Chip Ward
TomDispatch.com
March 28, 2010
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