Earthfire Stories

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Daniel Roth Joins the Earthfire Institute Advisory Circle

We are beyond delighted that Daniel Roth has accepted our invitation to join Earthfire’s Advisory Circle. He brings a valuable combination of business expertise, curiosity, creativity, love of nature, and a spiritual orientation that suits Earthfire’s needs and values very well. Daniel is an experienced social entrepreneur, movement strategist, and

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Woman holding a black and white fox

Love and Life Lessons from Loki the Fox

A few weeks ago, our very beloved fox Loki passed away due to kidney failure. He was with us for nine glorious years, quite long for a fox that had been so inbred. He was the result of a long-term breeding experiment in Russia to study the process of domestication.

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A line of shipping containers marking the border between the US and Mexico in a hilly, arid landscape

It’s All About Connection

On November 15, 2022, I stood on a high ridge south of Tucson, AZ. I was on a field trip with the board and staff of Wildlands Network, a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to creating a continental movement to protect nature. Far below us, flatbed trucks stirred up the dust

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Wolf climbing a willow tree

A Wolf (Or Two) in a Tree?

Many years ago, Jean, Co-founder of Earthfire Institute, saw a magnificent old cottonwood tree stump lying on a sidewalk in Driggs, ID. It lay on its side in the hot sun, all of its limbs sawed off and strewn around it. It had been cut down to make room for

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Heather Holcomb with a wolf pup

Our Team: Evolving at Earthfire

After serving as Assistant Director for Earthfire Institute for over three years, our beloved Ann Loyola has accepted an exciting new role as Director of PAWS Animal Shelter here in the Teton Valley. Thanks to Ann’s deep commitment to Earthfire’s mission, we’ve been able to make essential progress in the

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Woman sitting at the end of a dock on a lake surrounded by mountains and pine forest

The Rewards of Reciprocity

Last month, I wrote that when our lines of connection to other living beings are dimmed, our access to understanding the connections available to us in nature becomes limited. Inherent in connection is the possibility for reciprocity, and thus, for mutual enrichment, enchantment, and healing. There is another aspect to

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Headshot of Daniel Roth

Daniel Roth Joins the Earthfire Institute Advisory Circle

We are beyond delighted that Daniel Roth has accepted our invitation to join Earthfire’s Advisory Circle. He brings a valuable combination of business expertise, curiosity, creativity, love of nature, and a spiritual orientation that suits Earthfire’s needs and values very well. Daniel is an experienced social entrepreneur, movement strategist, and

Read More
Woman holding a black and white fox

Love and Life Lessons from Loki the Fox

A few weeks ago, our very beloved fox Loki passed away due to kidney failure. He was with us for nine glorious years, quite long for a fox that had been so inbred. He was the result of a long-term breeding experiment in Russia to study the process of domestication.

Read More
A line of shipping containers marking the border between the US and Mexico in a hilly, arid landscape

It’s All About Connection

On November 15, 2022, I stood on a high ridge south of Tucson, AZ. I was on a field trip with the board and staff of Wildlands Network, a US-based non-profit organization dedicated to creating a continental movement to protect nature. Far below us, flatbed trucks stirred up the dust

Read More
Wolf climbing a willow tree

A Wolf (Or Two) in a Tree?

Many years ago, Jean, Co-founder of Earthfire Institute, saw a magnificent old cottonwood tree stump lying on a sidewalk in Driggs, ID. It lay on its side in the hot sun, all of its limbs sawed off and strewn around it. It had been cut down to make room for

Read More
Heather Holcomb with a wolf pup

Our Team: Evolving at Earthfire

After serving as Assistant Director for Earthfire Institute for over three years, our beloved Ann Loyola has accepted an exciting new role as Director of PAWS Animal Shelter here in the Teton Valley. Thanks to Ann’s deep commitment to Earthfire’s mission, we’ve been able to make essential progress in the

Read More
Woman sitting at the end of a dock on a lake surrounded by mountains and pine forest

The Rewards of Reciprocity

Last month, I wrote that when our lines of connection to other living beings are dimmed, our access to understanding the connections available to us in nature becomes limited. Inherent in connection is the possibility for reciprocity, and thus, for mutual enrichment, enchantment, and healing. There is another aspect to

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