Katie Mackinnon, Author at Yellow Scene Magazine

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Katie Mackinnon

Katie MacKinnon is a writer striving to build connection through storytelling. She specializes in environmental reporting, always looking to find the human angle and the untold story. She has a passion for local food systems, sustainable agriculture, and environmental justice. When not writing, she can be found reading, sewing, or spending time in the outdoors.

Boulder Housing Coalition Brings Back Parts of the ‘old Boulder’ with Communal Living

Wizards of modern housing On the corner of 9th and North Street in Downtown Boulder sits a strange-looking house. While some of its residents describe its twisting halls as reminiscent of Hogwarts, the house is home not to wizards, but…

A Local Erie Ruling May Indicate a Statewide Shift Away From Fossil Fuels

The drilling continues in Coyote Trails It was late spring of 2023 and David Frank was doing routine reviews of permits filed near Erie when he stumbled across something strange. Extraction Oil and Gas had filed seven new permits to…