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Editor's Letters
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Editor's Letter. Issue 14. Winter 2017.
“Memory conspires against nature. The forgetting can begin in the instant that a change takes place… if you’re unaware of the animals’ past presence, then their absence will seem perfectly natural, and the question of whales* in the future simply will not occur to you.” J.B. Mackinnon, The Once and
Editors Letter. Issue 13. Spring 2017.
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” JRR Tolkien
Editors Letter. Issue 12. Autumn 2016.
“The condition of man is already close to satiety and arrogance, and there is danger of destruction of everything in existence.” Kalyana to Onesicritus, 327 BC
Editors Letter. Issue 11. Summer 2016.
"The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks." Mike Horn
Editors Letter. Issue 9. Autumn 2015
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Henry David Thoreau
Editors Letter. Issue 8. Summer 2015.
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise"
Editors Letter. Issue 5. Summer 2014.
Fight for your right, to run, cycle, swim, climb, kayak, breathe clean air and drink pure water.
Editors Letter. Issue 4. Spring 2014.
The Outdoor Journal is not a magazine. It is a call to action.