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Written during his time living in Monterey, Steinbeck's early novel To a God Unknown (1933) may be used as a hermeneutic for assessing his metaphysics, which he developed from observations of natural cycles with marine biologist Ed Ricketts and a young Joseph Campbell. Their philosophical approach to the world—which Steinbeck describes as “speculative metaphysics” in The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951)—emphasizes a holism that includes spirituality, ecology, and psychology. Steinbeck articulates this conception of reality in To a God Unknown. These beliefs and the vocabulary Steinbeck uses to describe them are heavily influenced by the company he kept—Ricketts and Campbell. A close reading of this novel illuminates his use of a cyclical organizing schema in the form of a recurring trope: a pine glade embedded with spirit that lends an ebb-and-flow pattern to the characters' psychological behavior and physical actions. The cyclical return of this important trope has thus far escaped critical attention, but is an important demonstration of Steinbeck's speculative metaphysics. In contrast to the erratic, demarcated chapter breaks in the novel, this organizational schema is consistent throughout and provides a subtle yet persuasive alternative reading of the book. In addition to elements of biographical and historical context, the critical lens in this article calls on Jungian psychoanalysis, Campbell's myth theories, Deep Ecology, and Anthropocene approaches—each appropriate to an explication of the holism of Steinbeck's work physically, metaphysically, and psychologically.

Memories of Barry Lopez, who died in December 2020. Lopez appreciated Steinbeck's writing and his land ethic.

Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts are giants in the history of environmental awareness. They were born ten years and only about 200 miles apart and died within weeks of each other in 1948. Yet they never met and they didn't read each other's work. This illuminating book reveals the full extent of their profound and parallel influence both on science and our perception of natural world today. In a lively comparison, Michael J. Lannoo shows how deeply these two ecological luminaries influenced the emergence both of environmentalism and conservation biology. In particular, he looks closely at how they each derived their ideas about the possible future of humanity based on their understanding of natural communities. Leopold and Ricketts both believed that humans cannot place themselves above earth's ecosystems and continue to survive. In light of climate change, invasive species, and collapsing ecosystems, their most important shared idea emerges as a powerful key to the future.

Over the last decade, 2 major U.S. commissions on ocean policy and a wide range of independent sources have argued that ocean ecosystems are in a period of crisis and that current policies are inadequate to prevent further ecological damage. These sources have advocated ecosystem-based management as an approach to address conservation issues in the oceans, but managers remain uncertain as to how to implement ecosystem-based approaches in the real world. We argue that the philosophies of Edward F. Ricketts, a mid-20th-century marine ecologist, offer a framework and clear guidance for taking an ecosystem approach to marine conservation. Ricketts' philosophies, which were grounded in basic observations of natural history, espoused building a holistic picture of the natural world, including the influence of humans, through repeated observation. This approach, when applied to conservation, grounds management in what is observable in nature, encourages early action in the face of uncertainty, and supports an adaptive approach to management as new information becomes available. Ricketts' philosophy of \"breaking through,\" which focuses on getting beyond crisis and conflict through honest debate of different parties' needs (rather than forcing compromise of differing positions), emphasizes the social dimension of natural resource management. New observational technologies, long-term ecological data sets, and especially advances in the social sciences made available since Ricketts' time greatly enhance the utility of Ricketts' philosophy of marine conservation.

New research is reviving interest in the work of Edward F. Ricketts, a maverick marine biologist immortalized in the writings of John Steinbeck, who foresaw the impacts of overfishing in the Pacific more than 75 years ago. Today his scientific descendants are working to understand startling changes in the waters he loved.

Ed Ricketts (Letters, January 16) mentions that the greed for number of TV channels on Freeview results in quality...

If you've read John Steinbeck's 1951 book \"The Log from the Sea of Cortez\" then you're familiar with the Western Flyer, a 76-foot wooden boat used in the expedition it chronicled. The Western Flyer, called a \"purse seine\" boat because it's designed to carry a fishing net which closes like a purse, was designed in a way that Steinbeck wrote was \"ideal\" for carrying supplies for the 4,000-mile round trip and specimen collection in shallow waters. The duo's trip produced the book \"Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research\" consisting of Steinbeck's original narrative of \"The Log from the Sea of Cortez\" and [Ed Ricketts]' appendix of the specimens they'd examined. Though he received sole author's credit for The Log, Steinbeck wrote it in the first person plural, reflecting the experiences and conclusions of he and Ricketts and likely the rest of the traveling party.

\"Between the Tides: The Legacy of Pioneering Marine Ecologist Ed Ricketts\" follows retired marine biologist Bud Laurent as he reunites with peers directly affected by the \"curiosity, mental discipline and sense of wonder\" that made Ricketts a memorable scientist. Ricketts was so influential that Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning author John Steinbeck turned Ricketts into the \"Doc\" character in the classic novel \"Cannery Row.\" \"He saw marine animals not just as a curiosity to be named and categorized,\" [Peter Coonradt] said. \"He documented the existence in its community, whether it was sandy to muddy to rocky shores. He was the first ecologist.\"

The latest work by longtime Redlands resident [Peter Coonradt], \"Between the Tides,\" will be unveiled Sunday at an invitation-only screening at Monterey Bay Aquarium.; The latest work by longtime Redlands resident Peter Coonradt, \"Between the Tides,\" will be unveiled Sunday at an invitation-only screening at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Coonradt is known locally for his public television specials \"Orange Sunrise,\" which tells the story of our local citrus heritage, \"The World Within,\" a meditative piece about the A.K. Smiley Public Library, and \"Whose Creek Is It?\" about the decade long struggle by Redlands environmentalists to prevent the concrete channelization of San Timoteo Creek.

Ed Ricketts, to whom John Steinbeck dedicated Cannery Row, was a marine biologist and philosopher; among other vocations in a peripatetic life, he ran Pacific Biological Laboratories in Monterey, California. Ricketts accompanied Steinbeck on their voyage to the Sea of Cortez; together they wrote a book of that name. My favourite photograph of Ricketts shows him in waders and a sheep- collar coat, collecting in the low intertidal zone. He is not looking at the camera. To his dedication to Ricketts, Steinbeck added: \"who knows why, or should\".