No. 2 (2022)
The second issue of Springs includes peer-reviewed essays on sharks and Monarchs, historical analyses, creative nonfiction, and a poem about an earthworm that reminds us to look more closely. Placing the “acrid orange blanket” within environmental history, Tom Griffiths offers insights about Australia in a warming world. In “Monarchs of the Great Plains,” Sara M. Gregg explores the “interwoven life cycles of milkweed and Monarch” butterflies. Sumana Roy reads her poem, “Earthworm,” which serves as a reminder of the wondrous power and fragility in the everyday. In “Chicago’s Temple of Steel,” J. R. McNeill traces iron ore from the Precambrian period through the steelworks of the industrial era. Miles Powell dives into sportfishing practices, literature, biology, and ecology in “Fishing for Sharks.” Jane Carruthers provides a historical overview of the challenges thwarting a transition to renewable energy in South Africa. “Ecological Civilization,” by Donald Worster describes a concept with roots in Western philosophy and Chinese traditions with relevance to our contemporary planetary consciousness. Elin Kelsey reflects on her encounters with the natural world from dusk to dawn in “Why I Sleep Outside.” Shen Hou looks across the Pacific and sees “an invisible bond” in “Cities by the Sea.”
