Welcome to John Lane's Kudzu Telegraph
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The legendary digital Kudzu Telegraph first appeared in 1999 as an early e-newsletter complete with environmental commentary from the upper piedmont of South Carolina. Since 2005 it's been a hard-copy weekly column in The Spartanburg Journal. Now the telegraph is back in cyberspace as my official website. View Brief Bio Here |
On the KT you can find this week's latest column posting, past postings, relevant news and insights, and links to my other published op-ed pieces, personal essays, and poetry, environmental and otherwise. You will also find my books for sale, Flickr hosted pictures taken on my various excursions, favorite links, forums for my students, and all the information you'll need if you're looking for a brief biography, past reviews, or a publicity photo for download if I'm coming to visit your school or town.
Seeing AVATAR
Submitted by John Lane on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 1:05pm. environment | film | kudzu telegraph | kudzu telegraph"Did you like AVATAR?" my friends ask when I tell them I finally saw it, the blockbuster James Cameron 3-D film. How could I not? I'm "green" to the core, an environmentalist, and my favorite Bible story as a child was always Eden.
The Mythology of Childhood Weather
Submitted by John Lane on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 1:10pm. kudzu telegraph | kudzu telegraph | spartanburg | weatherLast Friday evening it began snowing about 5 p.m. It fell at a rate of an inch an hour. By nine, four inches of powder covered the yards and roads as the fast-moving storm softened every angle with a shadow of unexpected white. There wasn't even a mention this time of a "wintery mix." We were getting pure snow.
Rates of Change on a World Stage
Submitted by John Lane on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 9:46pm. china | kudzu telegraph | kudzu telegraph | Wofford CollegeI'll have to admit that my ideas about change have been moved around a great deal, prompted by flying half-way around the world. What I saw in China created a dramatic contrast to my own backyard.
Barry Lopez at Wofford's Glendale Shoals ES Center
Submitted by John Lane on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 10:05pm.
