Online Articles by Thomas J. Elpel

      With my diverse interests, I've been writing articles for the past thirty years on topics ranging from wilderness survival, botany, weed ecology and desertification, to stone masonry, green economics, consciousness, and Lewis & Clark. These articles are scattered all over our many websites according to topic. This page provides centralized access to these articles, regardless of the subject matter. Enjoy!

Wilderness Skills & Nature Articles

• The New Era of Self-Sufficiency
• A Brain in a Box on a Shelf
• The Power of Experiential Education
• Quest for Freedom
• Break Free from the Machine
• Primitive Living as Metaphor
• Making Grass Ropes
• Tire Sandals
• The Atlatl and Dart
• Artifacts & Ethics
• The Art of Nothing
• Bear Summer
• Nature as Wallpaper
• Some Thoughts on Awareness
• Stone Age Immersion
• Carp Hunting the Upper Missouri

See also: Camping Adventure Journals.

Green Building Articles

• Building a House on Limited Means
• Building a Passive Solar Stone and Log Home
• We've Gone Solar!
• Building a Slipform Stone Workshop
• Building a Passive Solar Stone House - Part I
• Stone House: Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V
• Tilt-up Stone Masonry
• Building a Modernized Earthlodge
• Building a Little Castle / Guest House
• Little Stucco House
• Hobbit Architecture

Consciousness Articles

• Quest for the Real Reality
• Cultural Evolution
• D-Day Every Day

Jefferson River / Lewis & Clark Articles

• Jefferson River Canoe Trail
• Float the River
• Campsites and Special Places
• Lewis and Clark on the Jefferson
• Conserving the River
• Conservation Easements
• Guidelines for Builders
• Lewis and Clark Books

Social and Political Commentary

• The Joy of Recycling One Nail
• One Public Lands Agency for All
• Sweden versus America
• Posted: Please Trespass
• Montana Rail Trails
• One Public Lands Agency for All
• Russian Roulette with a Bottle
• The Hitchhiker

Botany & Ecology Articles

• Learning to Identify Plants by Families
• Dry Cold Permaculture Homestead
• Botanizing New Zealand
• Soil Carbon and Climate Change
• What is a Weed? What is an Invasive Weed?
• Why Should we be Concerned About Weeds?
• Is There Any Hope?
• The American Sahara
• Brittle and Non-Brittle Environments
• Succession in Brittle Environments
  
• Weed Control by Grazing with Sheep
  
• Weed Control by Trampling with Horses

Green Economics Articles

• Frack this Planet
• Too Many Jobs?
• Escaping The Job Trap
• Calories: The Currency of All Economies
• Wealth & Work: A Ten Thousand Year-Old Pattern
• The Infinite Stimulus Package
• Carbon Dioxide Quiz
• Roadkill: It's What's for Dinner
• Would you Vote for a Guy Who Eats Dumspter Food?
• Profiting from Gun Violence
• The Most Important Books and Ideas of our Time

Autobiographical

• Author Interview with Thomas J. Elpel
• Grandma Josie and Me
• For the Love of a Woman
• Gratitude: Thanks for a Moment in Time
• Work versus Play
• Governor Wannabe

      Looking for life-changing resources? Check out these books by Thomas J. Elpel:

Green Prosperity

Roadmap to Reality

Living Homes

Participating in Nature

Foraging the Mountain West

Botany in a Day

Shanleya's Quest

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