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Who I Am and what I intend with my Substack
Before I became a professor I spent fifteen formative years as a California State Park Lifeguard at Huntington Beach, Ventura, and Malibu.
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After 4 decades researching religion, nature & environmental ethics, I've launched a Substack — serious engagement with the big questions, field dispatches from wherever I wander, and judicious muckraking. Come find me: tinyurl.com/brontaylor #DarkGreenReligion #Substack
My latest Substack springboards from an excellent Associated Press article that draws on my research and a related interview . . . check it out: tinyurl.com/RgAgNaSp
Nature Spirituality and Regenerative Agriculture
An Associated Press story shows how some farmers join soil science to spiritual commitments to land—and why similar conversations may await at farmers markets.
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September 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
My latest Substack springboards from an excellent Associated Press article that draws on my research and a related interview . . . check it out: tinyurl.com/RgAgNaSp
Here is my foundational essay on the Climate Change Section of my Substack: tinyurl.com/ClimatePilgrim
These are are written for a wide readership & suitable as classroom discussion pieces; see also my essay on the horrors in Nepal and Tibet, posted two weeks ago on 28 August.
These are are written for a wide readership & suitable as classroom discussion pieces; see also my essay on the horrors in Nepal and Tibet, posted two weeks ago on 28 August.
September 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Here is my foundational essay on the Climate Change Section of my Substack: tinyurl.com/ClimatePilgrim
These are are written for a wide readership & suitable as classroom discussion pieces; see also my essay on the horrors in Nepal and Tibet, posted two weeks ago on 28 August.
These are are written for a wide readership & suitable as classroom discussion pieces; see also my essay on the horrors in Nepal and Tibet, posted two weeks ago on 28 August.
ICUMI: tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Update: Total deaths now 1,420, missing are 5,561 including 848 foreign nationals. Tomorrow I will post the story of my long and reluctant pilgrimage to climate alarmism, which will also serve as s primer to the emerging science.
Update: Total deaths now 1,420, missing are 5,561 including 848 foreign nationals. Tomorrow I will post the story of my long and reluctant pilgrimage to climate alarmism, which will also serve as s primer to the emerging science.
September 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
ICUMI: tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Update: Total deaths now 1,420, missing are 5,561 including 848 foreign nationals. Tomorrow I will post the story of my long and reluctant pilgrimage to climate alarmism, which will also serve as s primer to the emerging science.
Update: Total deaths now 1,420, missing are 5,561 including 848 foreign nationals. Tomorrow I will post the story of my long and reluctant pilgrimage to climate alarmism, which will also serve as s primer to the emerging science.
“Scientists typically write cautiously . . . in recent reports, however, their cautious prose has become the scholarly version of standing on a table and shouting..."
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Bron Taylor (@profbrontaylor)
“Scientists typically write cautiously because they know that uncertainty remains and knowledge evolves, sometimes dramatically overturning previous understandings. They do not want to outrun the evid...
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September 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“Scientists typically write cautiously . . . in recent reports, however, their cautious prose has become the scholarly version of standing on a table and shouting..."
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Distributed solar power, the most potent tool available for bottom-up economic development & empowerment, is racing across Africa.
The take-off in African solar that official statistics can't yet see | Ember
Africa installs a record 17 GW of solar in 2026 - three-quarters of it is distributed solar, which is largely invisible.
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August 31, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Distributed solar power, the most potent tool available for bottom-up economic development & empowerment, is racing across Africa.
What caused the glacier and bedrock to give way—and who bears responsibility?
My new essay follows the science to the deeper roots of the Tibet-Nepal glacial flood catastrophe.
tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Photo: Stefanos Nikologianis, CC BY 2.0; cropped.
My new essay follows the science to the deeper roots of the Tibet-Nepal glacial flood catastrophe.
tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Photo: Stefanos Nikologianis, CC BY 2.0; cropped.
August 29, 2026 at 3:12 PM
What caused the glacier and bedrock to give way—and who bears responsibility?
My new essay follows the science to the deeper roots of the Tibet-Nepal glacial flood catastrophe.
tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Photo: Stefanos Nikologianis, CC BY 2.0; cropped.
My new essay follows the science to the deeper roots of the Tibet-Nepal glacial flood catastrophe.
tinyurl.com/IcefallNepal
Photo: Stefanos Nikologianis, CC BY 2.0; cropped.
This is my fourth Egypt-focused dispatch. tinyurl.com/NMECMomies. It with The Resurrection ofKing Tut. You can find the link to it at the outset of the latest one, if you would like to start at the beginning. Its been fascinating and fun to research & write; I think you'll enjoy the series.
Mummy Exhibitionism in Cairo and Paris
From Cairo’s Royal Mummies Hall to Paris’s self-questioning Momies exhibition, a journey through grave robbing, scientific discovery, and the muddy ethics of displaying the dead.
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August 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is my fourth Egypt-focused dispatch. tinyurl.com/NMECMomies. It with The Resurrection ofKing Tut. You can find the link to it at the outset of the latest one, if you would like to start at the beginning. Its been fascinating and fun to research & write; I think you'll enjoy the series.
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How cool! I've paddled the Bronx River in NYC.
A river otter was spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years! Because otters need clean water and abundant fish to thrive, this sighting hints at the waterway’s ecological recovery from being treated as a dumping ground.
A river otter was spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years! Because otters need clean water and abundant fish to thrive, this sighting hints at the waterway’s ecological recovery from being treated as a dumping ground.
Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery
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August 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
How cool! I've paddled the Bronx River in NYC.
A river otter was spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years! Because otters need clean water and abundant fish to thrive, this sighting hints at the waterway’s ecological recovery from being treated as a dumping ground.
A river otter was spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years! Because otters need clean water and abundant fish to thrive, this sighting hints at the waterway’s ecological recovery from being treated as a dumping ground.
Here is the third of my Substack essays springboarding off of my adventures there early this summer. tinyurl.com/curatingNMEC The've been fun to research and write and if you missed the first two, I recommend you start with them; there are links to them at the outset of this one.
Curating Egyptian Civilization at the NMEC
Prehistory, agriculture, dynasties, and solar religion
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August 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Here is the third of my Substack essays springboarding off of my adventures there early this summer. tinyurl.com/curatingNMEC The've been fun to research and write and if you missed the first two, I recommend you start with them; there are links to them at the outset of this one.
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"The proposed rule, under consideration by the Department of Commerce, attempts two things: to exclude broad categories of noncitizens from the count in the 2030 Census, and to eliminate the collection of race and ethnicity data for the first time since 1790."
READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated
The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...
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August 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"The proposed rule, under consideration by the Department of Commerce, attempts two things: to exclude broad categories of noncitizens from the count in the 2030 Census, and to eliminate the collection of race and ethnicity data for the first time since 1790."
Here is the second essay inspired by my recent return to the California's awe-inspiring Sierra Nevada; tinyurl.com/Adnature
August 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Here is the second essay inspired by my recent return to the California's awe-inspiring Sierra Nevada; tinyurl.com/Adnature
Its never too late to join the conversation : )
July 31, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Its never too late to join the conversation : )
A personal essay as I return, at least part time, to California and its wildlands. URL: tinyurl.com/SierraHome
Going Home to the Range of Light
. . . and Belonging to Nature in California’s Sierra Nevada
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July 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A personal essay as I return, at least part time, to California and its wildlands. URL: tinyurl.com/SierraHome
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Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
July 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
Just posted: my third Substack essay shaped, in part, from my 2016 experience in Iran. I welcome any comments here, or at the substack venue. See: tinyurl.com/IRAN-JCPOA
A Promise Abandoned and Iranian Reformers Betrayed
How the death of the nuclear deal cut down the Iranians pushing their country toward openness
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July 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Just posted: my third Substack essay shaped, in part, from my 2016 experience in Iran. I welcome any comments here, or at the substack venue. See: tinyurl.com/IRAN-JCPOA
Here is the second of my Iran-focused essays, based on my unusual 2016 experience there for a UN-related conference.
tinyurl.com/EcoIran2016
tinyurl.com/EcoIran2016
Hope and Heresy in 2016 Iran
At a UN-sponsored meeting in Tehran, Iranian officials, religious leaders, and environmental scholars imagined a different future.
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July 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Here is the second of my Iran-focused essays, based on my unusual 2016 experience there for a UN-related conference.
tinyurl.com/EcoIran2016
tinyurl.com/EcoIran2016
The first of several reflections on my 2016 experiences in Iran, which will lead to analysis of the current debacle there. See tinyurl.com/Tehranlife
June 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The first of several reflections on my 2016 experiences in Iran, which will lead to analysis of the current debacle there. See tinyurl.com/Tehranlife
Into the Underworld: King Tut's Burial Chamber and Its Secrets -- tinyurl.com/Tut2tomb -- my second essay based on my wanderings in Egypt! Also available via a free subscription to my Substack @profbrontaylor
June 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Into the Underworld: King Tut's Burial Chamber and Its Secrets -- tinyurl.com/Tut2tomb -- my second essay based on my wanderings in Egypt! Also available via a free subscription to my Substack @profbrontaylor
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Three weeks ago I launched my Substack. The essays and conversations will be wide ranging, as exemplified here. What I did not say is that some of these will not only be interesting but fun! I do hope you'll find time to check it out, and let me know what you think.
tinyurl.com/TutRel
tinyurl.com/TutRel
The Resurrection of Tutankhamun (aka King Tut)
A Terranaut Dispatch from the Grand Egyptian Museum
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June 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Three weeks ago I launched my Substack. The essays and conversations will be wide ranging, as exemplified here. What I did not say is that some of these will not only be interesting but fun! I do hope you'll find time to check it out, and let me know what you think.
tinyurl.com/TutRel
tinyurl.com/TutRel
Here is my second, substantive essay since launching my Substack two weeks ago. It introduces the approach, framework, and argument, in my best known book. tinyurl.com/DGRintro
May 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here is my second, substantive essay since launching my Substack two weeks ago. It introduces the approach, framework, and argument, in my best known book. tinyurl.com/DGRintro
My latest Substack, honoring my dad and other antifascists.
tinyurl.com/antifa-memor...
tinyurl.com/antifa-memor...
Antifascism & Memorial Day
On Memorial Day in the USA, where we honor those who serve and all too often die in the military, I think of my dad, James Carlton Taylor.
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May 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
My latest Substack, honoring my dad and other antifascists.
tinyurl.com/antifa-memor...
tinyurl.com/antifa-memor...
A week ago I posted an essay announcing and explaining my intentions inas I launched my Substack (ICUMI, just look back for the post a week ago). This morning I posted my first substantive essay; check it out (and please consider subscribing) open.substack.com/pub/profbron...
The Liberating Power of the Sociology of Knowledge
On epistemology, humility, and the quest for truth
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May 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A week ago I posted an essay announcing and explaining my intentions inas I launched my Substack (ICUMI, just look back for the post a week ago). This morning I posted my first substantive essay; check it out (and please consider subscribing) open.substack.com/pub/profbron...
After 4 decades researching religion, nature & environmental ethics, I've launched a Substack — serious engagement with the big questions, field dispatches from wherever I wander, and judicious muckraking. Come find me: tinyurl.com/brontaylor #DarkGreenReligion #Substack
Who I Am and what I intend with my Substack
Before I became a professor I spent fifteen formative years as a California State Park Lifeguard at Huntington Beach, Ventura, and Malibu.
open.substack.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
After 4 decades researching religion, nature & environmental ethics, I've launched a Substack — serious engagement with the big questions, field dispatches from wherever I wander, and judicious muckraking. Come find me: tinyurl.com/brontaylor #DarkGreenReligion #Substack
I just launched my substack with an essay about his encounter with the late Ted Turner, which includes mymusings about his Bison-related conservationist legacy.
open.substack.com/pub/profbron...
open.substack.com/pub/profbron...
Viva Ted Turner
A brief encounter with the man who put bison back on the plains — and a thank‐you to a quiet hero of conservation
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May 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I just launched my substack with an essay about his encounter with the late Ted Turner, which includes mymusings about his Bison-related conservationist legacy.
open.substack.com/pub/profbron...
open.substack.com/pub/profbron...