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Wonder Wednesday: The Lost Words, Wonder, and Environmental Preservation
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Wonder Wednesday: The Lost Words, Wonder, and Environmental Preservation

"We will not save what we do not love, and we rarely love what we cannot name."

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Happy Wonder Wednesday, friends.

Today’s post draws from my research into how, exactly, wonder can work in service of preservation efforts, and how poetry can be the invaluable link connecting the two.

I often revisit the work of my most humble, most brilliant friend, Robert Macfarlane. In addition to being one of the most mesmerizing and thoughtful write…

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