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Discussions

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Stalking the Wild Groundnut

by Tamara Dean Photo by Jason Houston

Once a staple and the subject of much interest, the groundnut, a forgotten food, whets a contemporary curiosity.
21 comments

Seeing Deer

by Craig Childs

They come down into the valleys in autumn, where chance meetings will seal their fates.
17 comments

Don Berto's Garden

by David G. Campbell Illustrations by Molly Bang

The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.
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When You See a Skimmer

by David Gessner

You can become actually greedy for skimmers...
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Finding Time

by Rebecca Solnit

How will we get back what we've lost if we're too busy to notice it's gone missing?
48 comments

Horse Power

by Dick Courteau

A case for elegant, four-legged energy over the kind that must be mined and refined.
30 comments

Altar Call for True Believers

by Janisse Ray

Even the so-called choir seems to be failing at making great strides toward sustainability.
210 comments

What's the Use of Pets?

by Ginger Strand

In a bazaar that offers everything imaginable (and then some) for pets, you could forget why we domesticated them in the first place.
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Unplugged Schools

by Lowell Monke

What role can education play in combatting the alienation bred by a technology-obsessed culture?
29 comments

Reasons Not to Glow

by Rebecca Solnit

As the energy crisis heats up, you may need a refresher on the evidence against nukes.
57 comments

Bye, Bye, Miss American Empire

by Bill Kauffman

Which way out of the current mess? Turn left (or is it right?) toward the Green Mountains and explore the patriotic territory of secession.
32 comments

Ricekeepers

by Winona LaDuke

Poling their canoes through the murky waters of patent claims and genetic contamination, the Ojibwe strive to protect the Creator's gift from corporate agriculture.
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Polymers Are Forever

by Alan Weisman

There was hardly any prior to 1945, but it may now be the most ubiquitous man-made substance on Earth.
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The Consolations of Extinction

by Christopher Cokinos

Feeling responsible for saving the entire biosphere can be a real drag, but one can take comfort in those who've come and gone before.
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The Ecology of Work

by Curtis White

Abandoning those cubicles and the consumerism they fuel could help the environmental movement, but better yet, it will invariably make us more human. Second of two parts.
97 comments

To Remake the World

by Paul Hawken

Unheralded and often ignored, the largest movement in history is marching, meeting, creating, and resisting in order to safeguard nature and ensure justice.
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