About From the Ground Up
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”
— WordsworthFrom the Ground Up: Conversations About Conservation, Climate, and Community in New England is a new online quarterly publication from Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities. Autumn 2023 was the inaugural issue. Subsequent issues appear with the changing seasons.
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Why We Created
From the Ground Up
From the Ground Up presents an integrated vision of healthy human communities, passively managed wildlands, and carefully managed woodlands, farmlands, and fisheries. It celebrates the beauty and vitality of New England through articles, essays, poetry, art, photography, and music.
An inclusive conversation about conservation promotes the rights of all plants, animals, and humans—while proactively creating space for voices who have historically been ignored, marginalized, or disenfranchised. From the Ground Up presents stories and ideas that we hope can lead to transformative, healing actions to mitigate climate change, preserve and restore habitat essential to the survival and welfare of wild, native species, and bring about environmental justice and well-being for all.
We aspire for From the Ground Up to become essential reading for anyone interested in working to assure the health, resiliency, and vibrancy of New England’s natural and human communities.
Editors of From the Ground Up include Brian Donahue, David Foster, Marissa Latshaw, Alex Redfield, and Liz Thompson.
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About Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities
From the Ground Up is a quarterly periodical that embodies the vision of Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities—a collaborative conservation initiative of organizations and individuals working together toward a collective vision for the future of New England and the six states it comprises.
The WWF&C vision recognizes that the complexities of the climate crisis require a dramatically different, more integrated approach to conservation, one that breaks down long-standing silos and values the inextricable connections between land, water, and all living beings. WWF&C celebrates the interconnected work being done throughout the region to conserve forever wild and actively managed forests, to protect farmland, seacoasts and local food systems, and to help ensure the health and well-being of New England communities — urban to rural, human and wild.
By providing research and resources to advance land conservation within each state, and across state lines, WWF&C supports the policymakers, conservationists, landowners, and citizens whose efforts bring us closer to the goal of protecting 80% of the region as forests, both wildlands and woodlands, and farmland. We believe a collective, integrated effort is needed to help New England do its part to ensure the future of all life on Earth.
WWF&C partners strive to model thoughtful, collaborative conservation practices that engage a diverse range of voices, knowledge, and perspectives, all working in concert toward a healthier, more just world. Our growing list of partners and collaborators includes organizations, universities, government agencies, and individuals across New England and beyond its borders. Current partners include Harvard Forest, Highstead Foundation and the Regional Conservation Partnership Network, Food Solutions New England at the UNH Sustainability Institute, Northeast Wilderness Trust, New England Forestry Foundation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. We welcome new partners who want to work collaboratively to advance conservation in New England. Learn more at wildlandsandwoodlands.org.