Erika Howsare has been a C-VILLE contributor since 2002. Her first nonfiction book is The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors (2024), and she hosted a podcast miniseries called “If You See a Deer.” She teaches writing locally.
The Age of Info versus the view
What’s more important: a reliable Internet connection, or an unspoiled landscape?
A bowl of water, confirmed
Sometimes, a short break from eco-habits renews one’s commitment to being green.
Garbage on your screen
A video series documents some pretty heinous litter and pollution around Charlottesville.
Gardeners, get your knowledge on
Eliot Coleman is coming to town! And you can make $50K growing food in your backyard!
Broccoli and chickens
Winter may be in full force, but that doesn’t stop us from tinkering in the garden.
Watch Gasland, be grossed out
The film looks at the practice of natural gas hydrofracturing. Spoiler: It’s not good news.
February 2011: Cabins, for now
“I don’t throw away things that still have life in them.” With that simple credo, Peggy Mucklo explains why she chose her house. The 1825 log cabin—moved from Milam, West Virginia, and reconstructed on her land near Lovingston—was in remarkably good shape when she found it nearly 20 years ago. But more than that, it […]
February ABODE throws nothing away
Our feature story looks at the greenest buildings of all: the ones that are already there.