GFP graduate student Greg Harris of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was recently published in the Earth Island Journal. In his article, "The Forest Monks," he reflects on his summer Earth Expeditions to Thailand and how in recent decades Thai Buddhist monks have found ways to engage in environmental stewardship. He writes: "The monks are a link in this chain, their activism and their spiritual example helping the village and region realize the webs of interconnection and avoid the harms of short-term thinking, adverse policies, and pursuit of individual gain that might fundamentally degrade the livability of their community."

Harris is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology from Miami through Project Dragonfly‘s GFP while working as a freelance writer and adjunct lecturer at Harvard University. Harris has taught writing at Harvard University since 2003 and is founding editor of Pangyrus LitMag.