Rewilding Urban Rivers

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  • Meteora: medieval mecca

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    Greg Gordon
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    My initial thought in exploring the sacred geography of Greece is that I would find the ancient world in a more harmonious relationship with nature and find the schism between humans and nature in the shift from pantheism to Christianity. But a visit to Meteora has upended that assumption. The rock formations alone are enough…

  • Mount Olympus National Park

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    Greg Gordon
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    I didn’t really plan on spending the full moon solstice on Mount Olympus, but that’s how it worked out. Mount Olympus is probably the closest parallel to the North American national park model in Greece. There’s a large visitor center at the base of the mountain with very thoughtful and informative displays, much better than…

  • Prespa Lakes National Park

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    Greg Gordon
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    Prespa Lakes National Park, established in 2000, challenges the North American conception of a national park, and depending on your perspective, either dilutes and diminishes the very idea of a national park or presents a holistic and innovate way of approaching how humans interact with their landscape. This transboundary park consists of 2 lakes in…

  • Delphi, navel of the world

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    Greg Gordon
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    Delphi, navel of the world Once upon a time (notice how the phrase immediately denotes a mythological past), before the gods (do we even have a rough date of when Zeus overthrew Kronos?) when paganism ran amok—I’m guessing early Bronze Age or before—early Greeks (or could have been Phoenicians) gazed up at a deep cleft…