Author Archives: Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Early spring on Goshawk Ridge

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

It was midweek, and my shoulders were tight and brow furrowed from concentrating too hard in front of a computer. Why does grading season always happen when wildflowers are blooming? I needed a hike, maybe even a nap in the … Continue reading →

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David Orr on confronting climate collapse

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Note from Priscilla: We don’t need “happy talk” about the climate, says environmental studies professor David Orr. Everyone from political leaders to next-door neighbors needs to break the climate silence and tell the truth about what is happening with the … Continue reading →

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On the walking mountain

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

On maps it is called Rabbit Mountain, a sloping hill about twenty minutes north of Boulder. But when the interpretive kiosks mentioned this mountain’s habit of walking—three miles away from its companion foothills over recent eons, thanks to a maze … Continue reading →

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Breaking the climate silence

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

We know it’s getting worse; we’re not climate deniers. We’re well informed and aware of the facts. And yet we go about our lives as if nothing has changed. We live the same way we lived five years ago, before … Continue reading →

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I am an ecosystem

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

If the human body contains about 100 trillion cells, how many of these are human cells? All of them? Not quite. Not even close. Only 10 trillion, or about 10 percent, are human cells. The rest are microbes. That’s right: … Continue reading →

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