Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

Hey everybody, I’m headed deep into New Orleans and won’t be back for a spell. Gonna see my first Second Line parade today, then spend a few days working with Common Ground… and then it’s Halloween.
I’ll be back on the radar soon, and in the meantime here’s some food for thought: photos from the Big [...]

When I first told my friend Landry I was going to Detroit, she advised me to visit the Heidelberg Project. Thinking it was some sort of museum piece, I put it on the Maybe List—and later forgot about it completely as Detroit’s stark reality washed over my little head.
Nonetheless, later that day we drove right [...]

I went to Detroit following rumors of dirt-cheap housing. What I found there was shocking.

Madrid, New Mexico: found-art haven, reborn ghost town, and the most photogenic place I’ve ever visited.