Changes in the Land
I am an outdoorsy person. I hike. I climb, I bike, and I am convinced capitalism is incompatible with global ecological integrity. With that said, I have a problem with the idea of wilderness.

Earlier in the summer, a friend’s Instagram began blowing up with images of community gardens, metro parks, cityscape skylines, all tagged #UrbanHiking. I rolled my eyes at this latest neologism to drop out of the elevated yuppie…