Exploring Terrain
Here in the Journal, terrain means the conditions within and around living things. For us, that includes the places we live, the microbial communities within us, and the stresses and relationships woven into our days.
Looking at the terrain around us invites us to ask how those conditions matter. What is happening in the soil that grows our food? How has daily life changed our contact with microorganisms? How do stress and relationships enter the picture? Each question opens a different part of the story.
Start with the one that feels closest to home. We’ll take a closer look together.
Explore Terrain articles
The Emotional Terrain
How does what we feel become part of the world within us? Explore stress, relationships, and the conversation between the gut and brain.
The Hidden Cost of Sterile Living
How clean is clean enough? Explore our changing relationship with microbial life, with room for both everyday contact with nature and the protection good hygiene provides.
What Happened to Our Soil?
There’s more beneath our feet than meets the eye. Meet the life within soil, explore what puts it under pressure, and consider how we can care for it.