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Overseer of Butterflies
by Robert Michael Pyle
Why not allow your alter ego its own occupation? The benefits, if not monetary, may be many.
26 comments
Serenading Belugas in the White Sea
by David Rothenberg
Photographs by Anna Koivisto
A clarinetist ventures forth to make music with the white whales of the White Sea
34 comments
Pulling the Plug
by Robert Michael Pyle
Can a successful TV-totaler make the ultimate sacrifice of electrons?
22 comments
The Limits of Landscape
by Rebecca Solnit
Beyond the gallery and the picture frame, art is free to connect with everything else.
13 comments
Activism's Paradox Mountain
by Rick Bass
An activist pauses to consider the contradictions of a life bent on saving that which we are also apt to consume.
18 comments
The Unsung Solution
by Bill McKibben
An energy-saving technology takes recycling to new heights, but it has an image problem.
31 comments
Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights
by Matt Jenkins
When our understanding of a river's "purposes" shifts, what happens to those left high and dry?
25 comments
Global Warming Is Colorblind
by Jennifer Oladipo
Why do environmentalists ignore a third of the U.S. population?
64 comments
Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science
by Erik Reece
It takes more than science to reclaim a toxic coal field and a sense of pride in an Appalachian town.
13 comments
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.
35 comments
Seeing Deer
by Craig Childs
They come down into the valleys in autumn, where chance meetings will seal their fates.
18 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.
5 comments
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?
62 comments
Horse Power
by Dick Courteau
A case for elegant, four-legged energy over the kind that must be mined and refined.
42 comments
Altar Call for True Believers
by Janisse Ray
Even the so-called choir seems to be failing at making great strides toward sustainability.
230 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.
22 comments
Unplugged Schools
by Lowell Monke
What role can education play in combatting the alienation bred by a technology-obsessed culture?
37 comments
Reasons Not to Glow
by Rebecca Solnit
As the energy crisis heats up, you may need a refresher on the evidence against nukes.
60 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.
39 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.
13 comments
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.
25 comments
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.
86 comments
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