Localism / Globalization
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iDubai
Photographs by Joel Sternfeld, Text by Hal Clifford
Street scenes from the ephemeral empire captured in phone.
The Transition Initiative
by Jay Griffiths
Towns and cities are imagining different -- and positive -- futures in a warming, post-oil world.
The Poetry of Power
by Ginger Strand, with photographs by Jason Houston
When it comes to small hydro, environmentalists are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Plus EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A Small-Hydro Road Trip.
All You Can Eat
by Jim Carrier
Plunge into the disturbing world of America's favorite seafood.
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Building an Anti-Economy
by Chris Carlsson
Visionaries and innovators are shaping a new economic system within the shell of the old.
Change Everything Now
Interview with Gus Speth, by Jeff Goodell
A paragon of mainstream environmentalism says it's time to get a lot more radical.
Exodus
by Charles Bowden & Julián Cardona. Photographs by Julián Cardona
The tide of humans coursing northward across the Mexican-American border is a force of nature like no other
The Fatherland of Apples
by Gary Paul Nabhan
A nonagenarian botanist fights for the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan
From Ocean to Plate, a Posthumous Migration
by Sarah Murray
A salmon's journey doesn't end when it is caught
Heritage Roses
by Susan M. Miller, Cherry Valley, NY
A new garden brings butterflies, birds, picnickers, and a revived sense of identity to a historical town.
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.
Land, Farmer, Community: A Sacred Trust
Photograph and text by Lisa M. Hamilton
Japanese families join with farmers in a spiritual practice whose goal is nothing short of world peace.
A Garden Becomes a Protest
by Fred Bahnson
Photographs by Taj Forer
A defiant garden blossoms in the wake of a murder, and the roots of a sacramental life take hold.
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.
Ten Dispatches About Place
by John Berger
As Everywhere becomes Nowhere, we establish private landmarks for the presence of the eternal in daily life.
Death Over Dams
Photographs by Roberto Guerra
Text by Ruxandra Guidi
A threat to lives and livelihoods gets a green light from the Mexican government, but the resistance is determined to stop it.
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.
Energy Co-op, Sabbath Sustainability, Localvores in Vermont…
by Lynn Benander, Jenny Holmes, Janisse Ray
Motivated by peak oil and climate change, as well as good common sense, Orion readers envision a better future and move toward it. Read their stories in Orion's newest department, Making Other Arrangements.
Burgers à la Thomas Jefferson
An interview with Tod Murphy
A Vermont diner embodies one farmer's faith in the nexus of food, democracy, and community.
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.
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.
Limestone Cowboy
an interview with Robert Hughes
Spotlight: Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
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