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This Land is Our Land
When the sun come shining, then I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The voice was chanting as the fog...
Kevin Berend
Jun 20, 20228 min read
Throwing Shade
My office window looks south out onto the back lot of my apartment. Ringed by a wooden fence, the lot contains a small blue shed my...
Kevin Berend
May 1, 20226 min read
Fake Snow, Fake Promises
2022 dollars per ad second 2022 faces in masks 2022 weeks of detention for writing accounts of the past cell phone’s a burner to keep Xi...
Kevin Berend
Mar 8, 20224 min read
Small Change
“If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it.” That...
Kevin Berend
Jan 3, 20225 min read
Red Rock Journal
Day 1 Buffalo to Des Moines ON THE ROAD. Left Buffalo this morning for a two-week vacation out west in the canyons of Utah. Can barely...
Kevin Berend
Nov 2, 202111 min read
Mindfulness and the Scientific Perspective
Try a quick exercise. Hold up your hand at arm’s length and point your finger at an object in front of you. Focus your attention on the...
Kevin Berend
Sep 28, 20215 min read
Protecting Alpine Habitats
This article appeared in the Autumn 2021 issue of Northern Woodlands. Talking with hikers on the summit of Mount Marcy. [Photo: Seth...
Kevin Berend
Sep 11, 20215 min read
Pole Dancing
At a recent job site, a pipeline worker began explaining to me how global warming isn’t real. “That’s a bunch of BULLshit, raaht thar”,...
Kevin Berend
Jun 26, 20215 min read
On Feats and Firsts
Great things are done when men and mountains meet . - William Blake Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone. - Ken Chlouber,...
Kevin Berend
May 16, 202118 min read
Ashes and Diamond Dust
There’s something about the bright, clear days of April that I will always associate with baseball. Some memories are still as clear as...
Kevin Berend
Apr 9, 20217 min read
About Time
This essay was submitted to the 2021 Waterman Fund Essay Contest. For centuries, navigation was a tricky business, because in order to...
Kevin Berend
Mar 12, 202110 min read
The Humble Quadrat
This article appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Northern Woodlands. My work as a field ecologist has taken me to some rugged and remote...
Kevin Berend
Feb 28, 20214 min read
Perseverance
At 4 pm today, NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars. It is the agency’s most ambitious mission yet to the red...
Kevin Berend
Feb 18, 20214 min read
Reading & Writing
"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though...
Kevin Berend
Jan 31, 202111 min read
Climate Change and the Future of the Adirondack Alpine Zone
Research and advocacy is needed to protect the environmental and recreational assets of the High Peaks alpine zone from climate change.
Kevin Berend
Jan 10, 20211 min read
Pollution in the Land of the Buddha
A little while back, a friend introduced me to "Bald and Bankrupt". He's a Youtuber who travels the world, filming his adventures and...
Kevin Berend
Dec 31, 20205 min read
Boom and Bust
By the time they were in their thirties, the baby boomer generation owned approximately 21% of the nation’s wealth. Millennials today,...
Kevin Berend
Dec 17, 20208 min read
South Georgia
After being beaten to the south pole by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen in 1911, the British explorer Ernest Shackleton wanted to do one...
Kevin Berend
Dec 4, 20204 min read
Running in Place
If you had told me in high school that I would become a runner, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Running was never something I was...
Kevin Berend
Nov 15, 20205 min read
Seeking Higher Ground
For the most part one seeks higher ground out of necessity, be it flood, tsunami, or hurricane. To flee home, the fear and chaos of...
Kevin Berend
Nov 9, 20206 min read
KEVIN BEREND
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