Katrina Martich

Starting today, my blog posts on the first of the month will be dedicated to the concept of Living Connected. The post will be a 3-step...

Land, and its importance to people, is an ancient story. In its simplest definition, land is the dry ground on which we stand. It’s the...

Much of the U.S. is in record-setting cold and snow as I write this blog post. Birds who migrated to my area of Texas for winter are now...

My spouse brews the coffee in our house as an act of self-defense. The first thing I do every morning is grab a cup of coffee. My brain...

In the Living Connected project, I talk about everything we have as being a gift of creation. It’s easy to see the plants we eat and the...

A study by the Pew Research Center indicates about three-quarters of adults in the U.S. are concerned about protecting the environment;...

You diligently wash, crush, and place your recyclables in the bin, and then you hear the city is dumping it all in the landfill anyways....

“I don’t have time for this!” I wanted to yell, as I stood at the kitchen counter tearing an egg carton apart, so I could put it in the...

Why aren’t you talking about climate change? More than any other question I’m asked, people want to know why I don’t keep climate change...

Most of us are fortunate to live in a place where we have the things we need to be comfortable. Look around your household for a moment....

I love camping, the kind of camping that is up in the mountains at the end of a forest service road, next to the trailhead into a...

Many people are aware of the invasive boa constrictors that threaten native ecosystems in Florida, but did you know we have a native boa...

Every morning, many of us put water in the coffee maker, take a shower, flush the toilet, or turn on the faucet, without ever thinking...

I'm taking a much needed summer retreat. Look for my next post on August 15th. Until then, check out a few of the websites I use for...

The pandemic is prompting many conversations about the common good versus individual rights. The tension between these two is ages old....

I recently started hanging laundry outside to dry. My intent was to reduce my home’s energy use and carbon footprint. It’s too soon to...

At the most basic level, we eat for the same reasons we breathe and drink – to survive. But eating is so much more than mere survival. We...

I’m a day late posting to my blog. My June 1st post was going to be about the problems of recycling, and the ecological and theological...

I knew shelter-in-place was getting to me when dumpster diving started to seem interesting. The official engineering term for it is...

Tyson Foods recently warned, “the food supply chain is breaking.” I agree, but probably not for the same reasons. Anyone who has read...