I’m an environmental writer and lapsed biologist based in western Oregon. I write about climate change, agriculture, the local foods movement, biodiversity, and other topics that matter to me. I’ve done many other things, including organic farming, teaching, natural resource policy analysis, and conservation genetics research, all experiences that have contributed to my writing. I love ecology, spending time in the outdoors, and my family and friends.  My work has appeared in publications including The Oregonian, High Country News, The Huffington Post, and The Utne Reader.  Bio>>

The latest from Carla:

Fall, 2011 HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Long-Term Ecological Reflections Contribution from Writers Residency
Looking for Solace in the Natural World

11/21/11 The Huffington Post
What the Food Movement Can Learn from OWS This Thanksgiving

6/16/11 Ten Rivers Food Web
As climate change begins threatening the world’s food supply, going local makes more sense than ever

6/1/11 The Huffington Post
Lessons from the Rapture that wasn’t for the climate movement?

5/16/11 Writers on the Range
Me and my SUV

1/24/11 High Country News
Small poultry farmers grapple with lack of slaughterhouses

9/24/10 The Huffington Post
The Latest Threat to Industrial Agriculture: The Local Foods Movement?

8/26/10 Ten Rivers Food Web
Bean and Grain Tours Show Project has Legs

3/15/10 High Country News
Inspired by nature Biomimicry inventors tackle environmental problems