Antonia Malchik, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:50:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Antonia Malchik, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 The theft of the commons https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-theft-of-the-commons/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326265

It’s time to turn away from land ownership and back to land relationship.

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]]> 326265 The disconnect of economics and ecology https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-2/letter-to-the-editor-the-disconnect-of-economics-and-ecology/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/02/01/the-disconnect-of-economics-and-ecology/ It was wonderful to see Henry George in the pages of High Country News (“Gilded Age problems,” 12/9/19). Many of the myths and misunderstandings that have formed our idea of “the West” were partly conceived from a disconnection between economics and ecology or actual, physical life. George was incredibly forward-thinking, especially for his time, and […]

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]]> 120677 It is solved by walking https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-8/essay-it-is-solved-by-walking/ Mon, 13 May 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2019/05/13/it-is-solved-by-walking/

The path to fixing our broken communities is forged by footsteps.

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]]> 120432 Designing for access in outdoor spaces doesn’t mean paving pathways https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-8/recreation-designing-for-access-in-outdoor-spaces-doesnt-mean-paving-pathways/ Mon, 13 May 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2019/05/13/designing-for-access-in-outdoor-spaces-doesnt-mean-paving-pathways/

A reckoning with assumptions about who wants to spend time in nature.

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]]> 120441 From bears to berries https://www.hcn.org/issues/48-18/from-bears-to-berries/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2016/10/17/from-bears-to-berries/

A wildlife biologist turns her sights on climate science and the elusive huckleberry.

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