i. ‘Staying in Touch’ essay in the Wise Brain Bulletin (vol. 15, no. 5). I’m excited that my essay, Staying in Touch, about re-connecting with the natural world through activities I have led over many years, has been published in the esteemed Wise Brain Bulletin. I’ve been a fan and subscriber to the WBB for around 12 years and I think it’s an outstanding publication, launched by the Wellspring Institute, founded by a psychologist-author I greatly respect, Dr. Rick Hanson. The subscriber base to the WBB, which is available for free, is around 200K. Spoiler alert: my essay pokes holes in the premise of the reality show, Naked and Afraid, that asserts you should be very afraid of engaging with the natural world. That’s so wrong!

ii. ‘Learn Your Way’ column in the Prison Math Project newsletter (#9). My latest column, Shaping your quest, taming your dragons, has been published in this remarkable (free) newsletter, available in paper and pdf form. (website: Prison Mathematics Project). I continue to aim this column at the individual, offering insights and strategies for inmates hoping to re-engage with mathematics as a student. 

With this in mind, I was gratified to read in a recent essay by Greg Eash, COO of equivant Corrections, his advocacy for “personalized learning experiences for inmates, tailored to their individual needs and learning styles.”    

iii. Book review: Medicine Wheel for the Planet, by Dr. Jennifer Grenz; Watershed Sentinel, Oct. 2024 

A book review of mine is out in the Watershed Sentinel, western Canada’s most comprehensive environmental magazine. Medicine Wheel for the Planet, by Dr. Jennifer Grenz, a professor of Indigenous Ecology at the University of British Columbia. In her book, Dr. Grenz, a 20-plus year professional botanist, provides important bridging between indigenous and conventional science, and she critiques many industrial practices that continue to degrade environmental health.