United States
I am a versatile and meticulous writer, editor, and integrated communications professional with more than 15 years of experience working in hybrid/remote settings. I create persuasive web and print assets, blog and newsletter articles, brochures, interviews, website content, social media campaigns, and more. A passion for regenerative ecology, wilderness conservation, and social change drives my work.
With a master's degree in creative writing, I am a capable short- and long-form storyteller across print and digital platforms, including journalistic writing.
I am a gracious and efficient project manager for long-term and project-based clients and organizations across sectors, with specialized expertise in environmental conservation, regenerative agriculture, health & wellness, social entrepreneurship and mission-driven, green businesses.
A little more about me: I am an award-winning novelist whose work has been reviewed in the New York Times and elsewhere. Storytelling and environmental stewardship are my two deepest passions, and my background also includes work as an environmental educator, education program manager, wilderness guide, and part-time ecologist.
To learn more about me, visit my creative writing site: stacycarlson.com.
Winner of the Electric Book Award and the IndieReader Discovery Award for historical fiction, The Gyre is where The Revenant meets Angela Carter among the icebergs. It is a novel of spiritual aspiration, doomed ambition, and the unexpectedly rich layers of folklore present in Spitsbergen, a remote arctic archipelago often thought of as a Terra nullius.
A bold experiment in Taylors Falls proves Minnesota-grown peaches are possible. Thanks to high tunnels, light control, and one farmer's relentless curiosity.
Uncover Minnesota's thriving urban farming movement, where sustainable practices and community empowerment redefine urban landscapes and bring healthy, affordable food to all.
The Upper Midwest's hazelnut movement: where regenerative farming and biodiversity meet delicious local produce.
Alongside the rise of local food systems and farm-to-table cuisine, locally sourced tea is having a renaissance. Here in Minnesota, three herbal tea producers are using local botanicals to reconnect people not only to our state’s landscapes and seasons, but also to the medicinal value and healing traditions of plants and cultures that have been here all along.
Wrote, designed, and produced annual report for nonprofit environmental justice organization (2023-2025).
If you follow monarch conservation news, you know that both eastern and western populations of North American monarchs are in steep decline. That said, right now monarchs west of the Rockies run the greatest risk of passing the quasi-extinction threshold of 20,000 to 40,000 monarchs (quasi-extinction is the point at which extinction is likely inevitable).
Up to 99% of native northern tallgrass prairie in the U.S. has disappeared since European settlement ( Samson and Knopf, 1994). This loss of habitat is devastating for pollinators including the iconic monarch butterfly, which depends on native milkweed species and a variety of nectar plants to survive.
We are Open Circle is a training organization focused in leadership & personal development training, organizational behavior change, and executive coach & facilitator certification. We offer an organization wide training and development program through Beyond Listening our online interactive platform. Built for our clients dedicated to developing culture, leadership, and collaborative strategy into the fabric of their everyday work.
PDF of Esalen Institute's semiannual print catalog, distribution 30,000. This PDF will download to your computer when you click on it. I wrote editorial content including feature articles, program highlights and faculty interviews. I provided editing services for all program descriptions including substantive and line editing.
PDF of Esalen Institute's semiannual print catalog, distribution 30,000. This PDF will download to your computer when you click on it. I wrote editorial content including feature articles, program highlights and faculty interviews. I provided editing services for all program descriptions including substantive and line editing.
Although they were born well after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a group of Russian and U.S. college students gathered in St. Petersburg last September in an attempt to find common ground in a world reverberating not only with echoes of the Cold War, but also new media-fueled disinformation.
Here in coastal California, heavy rains characterize the winter months. This year, they extended well into March, which has influenced spring activities in the Farm & Garden. In addition to harvesting overwintered greens and planting trays of seed starts, Esalen farmers have been cultivating one of the intangible qualities at the heart of sustainable agriculture.
In 1968, philosopher Sam Keen was a straight-laced professor from Kentucky with Calvinist tendencies. When he read about a “human potential” movement happening in California, immediately he felt a call to adventure. “These were modes of thought that emphasized present-moment awareness and body therapies,” Sam says.
Cinema is a powerful creative art form that transports viewers to new realms, both real and imagined. Films entertain, of course, but they also have the potential to educate and inspire. From An Inconvenient Truth and The Cove to Waiting for Superman , films can expand our horizons and encourage us to take action in our lives and communities.
There are two foundations at the heart of my freelance communications practice: Meticulous attention to the mechanics of language and the art of storytelling Gracious communication centered on supporting and amplifying your unique voice and goals As a writer, whether I am working with you to create website content or marketing collateral such as articles, brochures, grant applications, blog features or social media campaigns, I also am researching your markets, deepening your brand and...
In the autumn of 1840, PT Barnum purchased an outdated museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street in Manhattan. He was a newcomer to the city and still unknown to the world, but with uncanny confidence and impeccable timing he transformed the dusty natural history collection into a great ark for public imagination.
by Stacy Carlson - When I arrived in Point Reyes Station, I was burnt out and fed up. The stress of living in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area had gotten to me: skyrocketing cost of living, unaffordable housing, displacement and homelessness, and the jarring losses of civic and cultural life due to gentrification.