Amanda E. Machado
Writer and facilitator exploring how race, gender, sexuality, power and privilege affect the way we travel and experience the outdoors. Writing has been published in The Atlantic, Washington Post, NBC News, Slate, and many others. Learn more at www.amandaemachado.com.
Learning how to "winter" after a decade of snowbirding
Alaskans look to fireweed to mark the end of summer. In August, I see the magenta petals blooming...
Reclaiming the Land Part 3: A conversation with the founders of Shelterwood Collective
The founders of Shelterwood believe our relationship to land defines our future. But current ...
Reclaiming the Land Part 2: Keya Meggett's Story
Keya Meggett took the photo above seven months ago, on her ancestral homeland of Edisto Island. I...
Reclaiming the Land Part 1: A conversation with Brandi Mack
On March, 2021, I spoke with Brandi Mack, the National Director and CEO of The Butterfly Movement...
A letter to a young explorer -- a year into the pandemic
Dear Young Explorer, When I was a teenager, whenever I’d get home from a hard day at school, ...
What the land has held
Lately while hiking alone, especially during these moments of political chaos, I've begun recitin...
Recognizing Land Trauma
“I sat once in a graduate writing workshop on relationships to the land. The students all demonst...
Living with Two Feet on the Shore
"After all these generations since Columbus, some of the wisest of Native elders still puzzle ove...
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