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JULIA DINMORE
storytelling for progress
I believe the written word is one of our most powerful tools when it comes to facilitating change. Stories move people; they pluck heartstrings and open perspectives, and they are more important now than ever. We live in such extraordinary times: more connected than ever before and yet utterly, painfully divided. With stories, we can bridge that gap, and I want to help build that bridge. I am pursuing my Master of Arts in Science Writing at Johns Hopkins University, and my work reflects that with many of my pieces centralized on environmental issues. Women's health also interests me greatly, and I look forward to publishing more in that domain.
All photographs on this site were taken and edited by me.
PORTFOLIO OF WORK
Planting seeds for a greener future.
PROFILE PIECE
IT'S IN MY NATURE
The Water Research Foundation
Instead of becoming a medical doctor, Dr. Pruden pursued a PhD in environmental science. In doing so, she placed herself on a path that would allow her to do exactly as she intended: create a safer and healthier world for all through the study of water. “There’s nothing more important than life itself. And there’s no known life form that can survive in the absence of water.”
POEM
"MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BEST"
Minding Nature, Volume 13, Fall 2020
This poem (see next post for accompanying explicative essay) narrates my experience as a bystander amidst a globe-consuming, catastrophic phenomenon: the Covid-19 pandemic. Nature is a key character here, taking on the role of both passive environment and active player.
ESSAY
MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BEST: PROGRESS POST-PANDEMIC
Minding Nature, Volume 13, Fall 2020
This explicative essay (of the accompanying poem) confronts the Covid-19 pandemic through an environmental justice lens. Incorporating elements of environmental ethics from author Robin Wall Kimmerer and historian William Cronon, this piece critically analyzes how the United States' pandemic response proves indicative of our nation's societal shortcomings.
CLEAN AIR FOR COLORADO STARTS IN THE ARCTIC
November 2021
The Arctic’s fate is a harbinger for where our nation’s fossil fuel dependency is headed; will we remain reliant upon the very poison choking us, or will we break free towards a healthier future fueled by renewable energy?
Published in The Boulder Daily Camera
BLOG: MEET THE SOURLANDS—YES, NEW JERSEY HAS FORESTS
April 2022
The backyard of my childhood home is a sea of trees. Their branches rustle in the wind as summer storms hydrate our rocky, yet rich, mountain soil. It’s in that very soil that our garden grows—plentiful and colorful. Sweet peas, bell peppers, basil, rosemary, beets, onions, carrots, eggplant … an oasis of life between the tightly woven trees of Central New Jersey.
BLOG: MEET BIG LONELY DOUG
April 2022
Where once there stood a family of towering, mighty trees, one solitary giant pierces the sky, surrounded by land, cut clean. You can imagine the chorus of chainsaws, followed by the quake of the Earth, as centuries-old behemoths found the ground, one after another, after another, after another. Surrounded by devastation, this lone survivor stands tall—his green foliage a beacon of life shining amid a barren landscape. Meet Big Lonely Doug.
BLOG: WHAT MAKES OLDER FORESTS SO SPECIAL?
February 2022
The term “old-growth forest” conjures up images of towering trees surrounded by such bountiful undergrowth as berries, ferns, lichen and wildflowers. I envision wandering through a world of green, replete with blankets of moss spread delicately across vast forest floor. It’s a scene fit for fairies. But this landscape isn’t some mythic ancient land inhabited by fantastical creatures. In fact, all kinds of wildlife currently wander between these behemothic trees—bears, deer, wolves, beetles, foxes, eagles, moose, salmon, and the list goes on. And yet, the wildlife sustained by these incredible ecosystems face devastation from logging.
“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity”
Franz Kafka
