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Willow Defebaugh

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  • Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Atmos
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Regeneration and Renewal | Atmos

Regeneration and Renewal | Atmos

"As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, an…

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The Truth of It All | Atmos

The Truth of It All | Atmos

"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." ―Ida B. Wells As a journalist, I consider …

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A Return to the Heart | Atmos

A Return to the Heart | Atmos

"It's a daily apotheosis of science and poetry: The forest breathes and saves the planet every day. But with …

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Sing Through My Voice | Atmos

Sing Through My Voice | Atmos

"There's a song that wants to sing itself through us. We just got to be available. Maybe the song that is to …

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Introducing Flourish / Collapse | Atmos

Introducing Flourish / Collapse | Atmos

Interestingly enough, the story did not end there. We consider Atmos to be an ecosystem that is brought to li…

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Healing | Atmos

Healing | Atmos

"Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it i…

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Lesbian Albatrosses, Seahorse Dads, and the Freedom of Sex

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By Willow Defebaugh Verified
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In Poking the Squid, a new book of graphic nonfiction, author and artist Perrin Ireland shares the wild diversity of sex in nature to expand how we think about pleasure and identity. “Do you know Perrin from the animal sex world, the comics community, or the environmental space?” someone asked me last month at her book launch in Brooklyn, hosted by actress and author Amber Tamblyn. Only Perrin Ireland sits at the center of such a colorful Venn diagram.
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A Hidden Universe: Underground Fungi Could Stretch to the Sun Nearly a Billion Times

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By Willow Defebaugh Verified
| Atmos Verified
Welcome to The Overview newsletter, a weekly meditation on nature from Editor-in-Chief Willow Defebaugh. “The signals say: A good answer is worth reinventing from scratch, again and again. They say: The air is a mix we must keep making. They say: There’s as much belowground as above. They tell her: Do not hope or despair or predict or be caught surprised.
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What Hermit Crabs Teach Us About Sustainable Growth

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By Willow Defebaugh Verified
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“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” —Abraham Maslow I often marvel at the strange and sometimes straining invitation I have before me, of attempting to put words to a world that is in a process of change. And equally often, I find myself in wonder of that same world: all the teachers it contains, both big and small.
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