Whole Terrain: Journal of Reflective Environmental Practice is an environmentally-themed literary journal that's published approximately once a year by Antioch University New England

Antioch University New England

Antioch University New England is a private graduate school located in Keene, New Hampshire. It is part of the Antioch University system that includes campuses in Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Santa Barbara, California; and Yellow Springs, Ohio.- History :In 1964, Antioch College...

 (ANE). Each volume explores emerging ecological

Ecology

Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...

 and social issues from the perspectives of practitioners working in the environmental

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

 field. The editor

Copy editing

Copy editing is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing might not involve changing the substance of the text. Copy refers to written or typewritten text for typesetting, printing, or publication...

 position is open to current ANE students as a practicum

Practicum

A practicum is a college course, often in a specialized field of study, that is designed to give students supervised practical application of a previously or concurrently studied theory. Practicums are common for education and social work majors...

 experience.

Whole Terrain was founded in 1992 by the efforts of Antioch faculty and administration

Academic administration

An academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities...

, including Mitchell Thomashow

Mitchell Thomashow

Mitchell S. Thomashow is an author, educator, environmentalist, theoretician, and philosopher specializing in bridging the practices of ecology and spirituality. He is former President of Unity College in Unity, Maine, and was previously Chair of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies and...

 and Eleanor Falcon. The editor of Whole Terrain Volume 1: Environmental Identity and Professional Choices, was current Orion editor, H. Emerson Blake

H. Emerson Blake

H. Emerson Blake is the editor-in-chief at Orion Magazine, executive director of the Orion Society, former editor-in-chief at Milkweed Editions, editor of many books, and an ecologist. He has served as a visiting faculty member at Sterling College.-Biography:Blake is originally from Philadelphia...

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Topics from Previous Issues

Where is Nature

Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...

? (Volume 15 2007/2008)

Celebration

Festival

A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....

 and Ceremony

Ceremony

A ceremony is an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan origin.-Ceremonial occasions:A ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a human life, marking the significance of, for example:* birth...

(Volume 14 2005/2006)

Risk

Risk

Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...

(Volume 13 2004/2005)

Resilience

Resilience (ecology)

In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly. Such perturbations and disturbances can include stochastic events such as fires, flooding, windstorms, insect population explosions, and human activities...

(Volume 12 2003/2004)

Gratitude

Gratitude

Gratitude, thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation is a feeling, emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. The experience of gratitude has historically been a focus of several world religions, and has been considered extensively by moral...

 and Greed (Volume 11 2002/2003)

Surplus and Scarcity

Scarcity

Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having humans who have unlimited wants and needs in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs. Alternatively, scarcity implies that not all of society's goals can be...

(Volume 10 2001/2002)

Serious Play (Volume 9 2000/2001)

Legacy and Posterity (Volume 8 1999/2000)

Transience, Permanence and Commitment

Commitment

Commitment may refer to:*Promise, or personal commitment*Contract, a legally binding exchange of promises*Brand commitment*Involuntary commitment, the use of legal means or forms to commit a person to a mental hospital, insane asylum or psychiatric ward...

(Volume 7 1998/1999)

Creative Collaborations (Volume 6 1997/1998)

Research as Real Work (Volume 5 1996/1997)

Exploring Environmental Stereotypes (Volume 4 1995/1996)

Environmental Ethics at Work (Volume 3 1994)

Spirituality

Spirituality

Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...

, Identity and Professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

 Choice

Choice

Choice consists of the mental process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them. While a choice can be made between imagined options , often a choice is made between real options, and followed by the corresponding action...

s (Volume 2 1993)

Environmental Identity and Professional Choices (Volume 1 1992)

Submission Guidelines

Whole Terrain only publishes submissions that fit with their current theme, and uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition

The Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...

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Contributors

Contributors to Whole Terrain include:

External links

• Review of Whole Terrain Volume 3: Environmental Ethics at Work
• SEJ: Environmental Journalism Programs and Courses

Whole Terrain on the Web

• Whole Terrain main site
• Whole Terrain "Where is Nature?" Virtual Art Gallery
• Whole Terrain Blogger

Whole Terrain Articles on the Web

• Dance Fever by Michael P. Branch, from Utne, first published in Whole Terrain Volume 9 as More Than Just Watching
• Energetic Americans, from Utne Magazine, published in Whole Terrain Volume 10 as Are We Dreaming?
• Guerrilla Gatherers by Laird Christiansen, from Utne Magazine, first published in Whole Terrain Volume 11 as The Give and Take of Wildcrafting
• Hudson River Immersion by Dr Laird Evans Christiansen, first published in Whole Terrain Volume 13
• Marshfield: A Suburban Fairy Tale by Peggy Duffy, first published in Whole Terrain Volume 10
• Mistaken Impressions of the Natural World by Stephanie Kaza
  Stephanie Kaza
  Stephanie Kaza is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. She is a writer, a practicing Soto Zen Buddhist, and an active proponent of religious dialogue. She teaches religion and ecology...
  
  , published in Whole Terrain Volume 4
• Practicing with Greed by Stephanie Kaza, published in Whole Terrain Volume 11