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Kristin Ohlson

Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World  

Kristin Ohlson is an author and freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon. She wrote the book The Soil Will Save Us and appeared in the award winning documentary Kiss the Ground, speaking about the connection between soil health and climate health.  Her latest book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World. photo credit: Kristin Beadle

Kristin Ohlson is an author and freelance journalist in Portland who has published articles in the New York Times, Orion, Discover, Gourmet, Oprah, and many other publications. Her magazine work has been anthologized in Best American Science Writing and Best American Science Writing. Ohlson’s last book was The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet, which the Los Angeles Times called “a hopeful book and a necessary one…. a fast-paced and entertaining shot across the bow of mainstream thinking about land use.” She appeared in the award-winning documentary film “Kiss the Ground” speaking about the connection between soil health and climate health. Her newest book is Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World.

Resources:
http://www.kristinohlson.com
The Soil will Save Us
Kiss the Ground

Kristin’s book recommendations:
Braiding Sweetgrass (Kimmerer)
Martin Marten (Doyle)
Beloved Beasts (Nijhuis)

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John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. After seven years at Time magazine, he moved to The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. A Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was awarded in 1999 the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (Annals of the Former World).