Urban Nature Walk
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cottonmanifesto and I also do another zine, "Urban Nature Walk." The idea is that a group of us nature-minded urbanites go on a nature walk in the city and document what we discover in the zine. I think it has tremendous potential (possibly more than "The Urban Pantheist," but it hasn't taken off in the way that I was hoping it would. I simply need to work harder at it, is all.
I have a yahoo group mailing list for the Urban Nature Walk group, and if you'd like to be on it, just post a comment with your email address or email me at jefctaylor@hotmail.com
If you were already on the list you would have received this message:
Hello Nature Lovers!
It has been a long time since I, or anyone else, has posted here. I'm posting now to announce that we will soon be publishing another issue of the Urban Nature Walk zine! In March there is a zine fair planned in Boston http://bostonzinefair.org/. I have preregistered for the Sunday of that weekend (I work on Saturdays). If anyone feels like they want to represent UNW at the fair that Saturday, let me know.
In order to have a zine ready for that date, a few things need to happen, but mainly, we need to go for an urban nature walk! Due to time constraints, this will have to happen in Boston (Sorry, Madison, Portland and Las Vegas! Maybe next time.) in January. We had a nature walk when it was three degrees, and it was pretty nice (although short). Most likely this will happen on a Sunday (most people have that day off).
I'd like to have as much input as possible on: 1) When we walk 2) Where we walk and 3) What goes into the zine. The third item means I'd like to ask that walk participants either write a paragraph (or several) about the walk (or urban nature in general) or otherwise create some stuff for the zine: drawings, photographs, what-have-you. I'll collect your ideas, requests and suggestions about the first two items (when and where) this week, and create a walk proposal after this weekend.
Nature notes: Bostonians are "enjoying" about a foot of snow that was dumped on us December 26th. As usual, Alexis has produced some wonderful photographs of it all: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cottonmanifesto/184560.html?#cutid1
Winter birds are conspicuous now: Juncos are more common in some places than house sparrows. Our muddy river is strangely bereft of unusual ducks, though a pair of hooded mergansers has been seen in the narrows. What's happening with your urban nature?
cottonmanifesto and I also do another zine, "Urban Nature Walk." The idea is that a group of us nature-minded urbanites go on a nature walk in the city and document what we discover in the zine. I think it has tremendous potential (possibly more than "The Urban Pantheist," but it hasn't taken off in the way that I was hoping it would. I simply need to work harder at it, is all. I have a yahoo group mailing list for the Urban Nature Walk group, and if you'd like to be on it, just post a comment with your email address or email me at jefctaylor@hotmail.com
If you were already on the list you would have received this message:
Hello Nature Lovers!
It has been a long time since I, or anyone else, has posted here. I'm posting now to announce that we will soon be publishing another issue of the Urban Nature Walk zine! In March there is a zine fair planned in Boston http://bostonzinefair.org/. I have preregistered for the Sunday of that weekend (I work on Saturdays). If anyone feels like they want to represent UNW at the fair that Saturday, let me know.
In order to have a zine ready for that date, a few things need to happen, but mainly, we need to go for an urban nature walk! Due to time constraints, this will have to happen in Boston (Sorry, Madison, Portland and Las Vegas! Maybe next time.) in January. We had a nature walk when it was three degrees, and it was pretty nice (although short). Most likely this will happen on a Sunday (most people have that day off).
I'd like to have as much input as possible on: 1) When we walk 2) Where we walk and 3) What goes into the zine. The third item means I'd like to ask that walk participants either write a paragraph (or several) about the walk (or urban nature in general) or otherwise create some stuff for the zine: drawings, photographs, what-have-you. I'll collect your ideas, requests and suggestions about the first two items (when and where) this week, and create a walk proposal after this weekend.
Nature notes: Bostonians are "enjoying" about a foot of snow that was dumped on us December 26th. As usual, Alexis has produced some wonderful photographs of it all: http://www.livejournal.com/users/cottonmanifesto/184560.html?#cutid1
Winter birds are conspicuous now: Juncos are more common in some places than house sparrows. Our muddy river is strangely bereft of unusual ducks, though a pair of hooded mergansers has been seen in the narrows. What's happening with your urban nature?
