Island Press Field Notes blog

Island Press Field Notes

Our Streets Minneapolis | An Island Press biking partner

By Jason Leppig / On May 21st, 2022

By Kyler Geoffroy / On May 16th, 2022

Dream Play Build authors John Kamp and James Rojas on how the simple acts of building and playing offer an antidote for today's polarized debates.

Santa Monica Spoke | An Island Press biking partner

By Jason Leppig / On May 16th, 2022

   

Trees, photo by Casey Horner/Unsplash

By Kyler Geoffroy / On May 9th, 2022

Bird Brother author Rodney Stotts writes that to truly understand themselves and others, children need regular chances to go outside traditional classroom walls.

Remembering Alexander Garvin

By Heather M. Boyer / On January 4th, 2022

Alexander Garvin, the author of two Island Press books, died at the close of 2021. His love of cities and optimism about what they could be, did not...

Edward O. Wilson | An Island Press author

By Jason Leppig / On December 27th, 2021

Our thoughts are with the family of Edward O. Wilson, the biologist and author, who died yesterday at the age of 92. His visionary work on biodiversity, ants, and human nature brought new understanding of and appreciation for evolutionary biology,...

Photo by Jon Tyson @jontyson at Unsplash

By Jason Leppig / On December 13th, 2021

It's not too late to get a book in time for your holiday gift-giving. Unsure where to get started? Check out our 2021 books roundup below for ideas! Get any of these books at your favorite neighborhood...

Remembering Lance Hosey

By Heather M. Boyer / On September 13th, 2021

Lance Hosey was an author that I came to consider a friend-outside of, and sometimes in spite of, our work on his book. In The Shape of Green, Lance argued that beauty is an environmental...

2021 Tyler Prize Winner

By Jason Leppig / On June 4th, 2021

Congratulations to Gretchen Daily and Pavan Sukhdev, Island Press authors and the newest recipients of the...

Jaime Lerner | An Island Press author

By Jason Leppig / On June 1st, 2021

Island Press grieves the loss of Jaime Lerner, renowned architect and planner who served three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil and two terms as governor of the State of Paraná. Editors Heather Boyer and Rebecca Bright remember Jaime’s legacy to the...

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