July/August 2009
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The Transition Initiative
by Jay Griffiths
Towns and cities are imagining different -- and positive -- futures in a warming, post-oil world.
The Trumpet of the Swan
by Kim Todd
Childhood memories withstand the test of time, but a fragile species may be another story.
Ambassador of Fruit
by Alec Wilkinson
Idaho reminded Esmaeil Fallahi of Iran. Now he's helping its growers diversify their farms with surprising fruits like jujube and persimmon.
Will be posted online July 21.
World at Dawn
by Diane Ackerman
The subtle delights of the ghostly realm between night and day.
Will be posted online July 7.
A Ruthless Elegance
Text by Ann Pancake, Photographs by Richard Stevens
Can something as tragic as mountaintop removal mining be depicted as beautiful? Novelist Ann Pancake writes about the photographs of Richard Stevens.
Hell Yeah, We Want Windmills
by Erik Reece
In the heart of coal country, activists are championing an energy economy that can save mountains and save lives.
Mulholland's View
Photographs by Karen Halverson, Text by William L. Fox
Karen Halvorson's photographs reveal a famed Los Angeles thoroughfare to be as wild as it is domestic.
Digital Gardens
Photographs by Susan Felter
Borrowing a trick from Dutch still-life painters, a photographer stitches together surprising tableaus of flora and fauna.
A Nation of Addicts
by Franklin Kalinowski
Democracy wasn't build for a culture addicted to oil.
Will be posted online July 21.
Murmurations
by Devin Johnston
A lyrical meditation on a very inventive bird species.
Will be posted online August 4.
Beyond Radical
by Bill McKibben
Conservatives have a lot to offer the climate change movement.
Will be posted online August 4.
Making Other Arrangements
by Orion Readers
In this regular feature about how people are responding to climate change and peak oil, Ginger Strand profiles a small hydro-powered local radio station, and Leni Fried writes about a rural community center / groceries sustainability efforts.
The Story About the One
by Sandra Steingraber
Pro-life or pro-choice, everyone can agree on one thing about abortion. And that's potentially great news for the environment.
Will be posted online July 21.
Forget Shorter Showers
by Derrick Jensen
Why personal change is not a substitute for political change.
Will be posted online July 7.
Reviews
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness & Corvus: A Life with Birds
Tide, Feather, Snow
Brush Cat
An American Gospel
An Inside Passage
Poetry
Leaves by Afaa Michael Weaver
The Defenders by Wendell Berry
RSVP by Allen Braden
Earthworms by Katrina Vandenberg
