Gary Paul Nabhan is an Ecumenical Franciscan brother, a desert contemplative, and an orchard keeper who lives in Patagonia Arizona just north of the border.
Since working at the headquarters for the first Earth Day 50 years ago, he has worked in, lived in, documented, and safeguarded the unique biocultural diversity of the desert borderlands. His latest books are Food from the Radical Center: Healing Our Lands and Communities and Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair. Follow his 50th Earth Day lecture tour and writings on www.garynabhan.com
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMANS & NATURE:
- “Coming to Our Senses the Hard Way,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
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“Walking the Line: The Cost of Lost Kinship When We Militarize Borders,” an essay in Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations—Vol. 2, Place (Humans & Nature Press, 2021), which also appeared in Minding Nature’s Winter 2020, Volume 13, Number 1 issue.
