Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity. Ecologists consider wilderness areas to be an integral part of the planet's self-sustaining natural ecosystem (the biosphere). Unsourced I...
Wilderness is land that humans neither inhabit nor cultivate. Through the ages of western culture, as the human relation to land has changed, the meaning and perception of wilderness also has changed. At first, wilderness was to be either conquered...
Few currents in literature, the arts, and religion run deeper than the cultural fascination with wildness, and its locational concomitant, wilderness—places where primordial reality dominates and the artificialities of humans, including their...
Wilderness is generally defined as a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity. Wilderness areas are considered important for ecological study, conservation, solitude, and recreation. Wilderness is deeply valued for...
(SHARP THEATER AT PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS; 128 SEATS; $35) NEW YORK A Playwright Horizons presentation of a new musical in one act by Erin Cressida Wilson, Jack Herrick and Mike Carver. Directed by Lisa Portes. Musical direction, Jack Herrick, musical staging, Jane Comfort. Sets...
For Minnesota teacher Linda KaI , getting to school involves a lot more than driving a car down the nearest street. In the winter, Kastl uses a snowmobile to roar through the early-moming darkness to the Angle Inlet School. In fall and spring,...
You don't have to rough it in a tent in the wilderness. There are grand inns in U.S. national parks and other luxury lodges in wild places around the world. Men's Journal's September issue lists the best of them. -King...
Clothing meant for more than just wearing and the first mountaineering tent to stand up on its own without poles are among innovations on display at the Outdoor Retailer winter show here. These days outerwear doesn't just get...
