Charles Seabrook

A South Carolina native, Charles Seabrook has been a long-time environmental writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His books include "Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses" and "Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs and White Gold: Georgia’s Kaolin Chalk Wars." A resident of Decatur, Georgia, Seabrook also was one of the first reporters in the world to write about the mysterious disease that would soon be known as AIDS. He has written extensively on global warming, air and water pollution, and songbird decline.
Number of posts: 2
Email address: seabrk@comcast.net

Posts by Charles Seabrook:

Life, People & Places, Rhythm & Dews, Talk, Voices

72 Marietta — I still love you

by Charles Seabrook | 68, Add your Comment | Apr 25 10

Friday, April 23, 2010, was one of the saddest, most spirit-withering days of my life. I had driven to the place in downtown Atlanta where I had worked faithfully, loyally, proudly for 35 years before retiring in 2005 — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The old tan-colored 72 Marietta Street building, my safe haven for so many years, sat lonely, forlorn, abandoned, like a moth-balled old ship that had bore us safely through the howling storms but now had no purpose. Somehow, if I had been able, I would have wrapped my arms around the old place and said, “You did good. I ...

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Rhythm & Dews, Talk

My Favorite Southern Trees

by Charles Seabrook | 24, Add your Comment | May 2 09

I’m not just an unabashed tree hugger, I’m a tree kisser. When the mood strikes me, I’ll wrap my arms around a big white oak or sassafras or tulip poplar and plant a big wet one right on the scratchy bark. We Southern tree lovers are especially fortunate. Of 688 tree species native to the United States, one-third — 235 species — occur in the South, more than in all of Europe. And that number doesn’t include introduced and naturalized species. Many of our native trees occur exclusively in the South or reach their greatest prominence — and grandest forms — here. ...

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