Because We're All Forever Earthbound

Overview

Chuck Tennessen has embraced environmental advocacy since his childhood on a small Wisconsin dairy farm. Chuck’s compelling “Earthbound” newspaper column, in which he weaves fables of everyday life into the fabric of the global environment, has appeared bi-weekly in the Dodgeville Chronicle since 2013. Earthbound is filled with illustrations done by young artists from the Driftless area of Wisconsin.

Reviews

"Author Tennessen's Forever Earthbound includes snippets of wisdom, sprinkled with facts and designed not only to inform but to evoke thought about this good earth and what is happening to it."  -Jerry Apps, author, Cold as Thunder

"Chuck Tennessen's collection of newspaper columns is the latest entry in Wisconsin's proud history of environmental writing. By continually setting daunting environmental challenges in the context of life's 'small' everyday experiences, Tennessen's folksy prose keeps the reader grounded in the now while providing critical insight on life in the Anthropocene. This volume belongs in the home of every Wisconsinite."  -Ross Astoria, JD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Law UWP, and National Chair of Citizens' Climate Lobby

Author Biography

Chuck Tennessen is a co-founder and guide for the environmental action group Sustain Iowa County. He also launched the Iowa County chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby and is a community organizer at the Driftless Area Land Conservancy. He lives in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.