'Going to the Woods Is Going Home'
What better essay to read on Earth Day than one by the father of modern American environmentalism?
John Muir
John Muir was an author, environmental activist, and founder of the Sierra Club. He was known for his nature writing and as an advocate for preserving wilderness in the United States.
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The American Forests
In decrying the destruction of woodlands by loggers, settlers, and industrialists, Muir, the father of America’s conservation movement, advanced the notion that natural resources ought to be preserved—an idea that spawned vast new parks as well as the creation of the U.S. Forest Service.
Bettman/Corbis Out of the Wilderness
The last of three excerpts from John Muir’s autobiography
Lessons of the Wilderness
The second of three excerpts from John Muir’s autobiography
The Plunge Into the Wilderness
The first of three excerpts from John Muir’s autobiography
My Boyhood
“The natural inherited wildness in our blood ran true on its glorious course, as invincible and unstoppable as the stars.”
My First Summer in the Sierra (Part IV)
Extracts from John Muir’s personal writings
My First Summer in the Sierra (Part III)
Extracts from John Muir’s personal writings
My First Summer in the Sierra (Part II)
Extracts from John Muir’s personal writings
My First Summer in the Sierra (Part I)
Extracts from John Muir’s personal writings
