Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

August in Maine: foggy, grey and serenely beautiful.

Taking a moment to bask in Cape Cod’s idyllic beauty.

An illustrated primer, based on one total n00b’s first documented experience with chlorophyll graffiti. The first-ever guest post from The Apocalyptic Housewife.

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 [...]

Community gardens bring people together, beautify neighborhoods, improve the climate and feed the poor. Here’s how you can get involved, even if you don’t have much time to spare.

If you care about climate change, now’s the time to get involved. Find out why the time is now–and what you can do to help.

I’d never seen a Great Lake before. “They’re huge,” people had told me. “You can’t see across them.” But that still didn’t prepare me for visiting one in person.
We drove up to the Indiana Dunes State Park, an expanse of protected shore along Lake Michigan. We were hoping to find a spot to camp, but [...]

Turkey Run State Park. Yep, that’s what it’s called. There aren’t really any turkeys here: they were hunted to near-extinction in this area, and now you’d have to be pretty lucky to find one. But local history tells of a time when wild turkeys would flock in the deep canyons. Hunters would then chase the [...]