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By fact-checking Thoreau's observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have used author Henry David Thoreau's notes to inform studies of climate change in...
Henry David Thoreau impersonator comes to Barnstable this weekend. Why?
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor's note: This story was changed to correct the readathon hours (they are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)...
Art Beat: 'Cultures of Seaweed' at Whaling Museum taps into our collective fascination
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe New Bedford Whaling Museum has borrowed a sentence fragment from Henry David Thoreau’s “Cape...
Top Five: Ways to Spark Change
Yahoo Now· 1 year agoBBG List Spark Change The term “civil disobedience” was popularized by Henry David Thoreau’s 1849 essay by the same name. Using only his words to protest...
Woodburn: A most beautiful last wish
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads,” Henry David Thoreau wrote in his masterstroke book, “Walden: Or, Life in the Woods.” I am not sure...
Letters to the editor: Columnist's love of nature shows in his work
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPete Waters' writings on earth's beauty comes at the right time To the editor: Kudos to...
60 nature quotes that capture the beauty of our earth
The Today Show via AOL· 2 months agoNature offers some of the world's purest and simplest joys. While the city has its charms, nothing...
How An Unsung Nashville Refuge Allowed One Writer To Find Her Voice
Southern Living via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLessons learned from a few hours of solitude. Courtesy Tennessee State Parks After studying the...
Tiny Houses Mean Towering Hassles In Getting A Mortgage
Benzinga via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoAmerica’s obsession with tiny homes dates to 1945 when Henry David Thoreau built a one-room cabin on...
Virginia author's memoir highlights a Caribbean escape from cubicle life
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoHenry David Thoreau spent two years in a cabin beside Walden Pond, learning to "simplify, simplify,"...