With the Lapps in the High Mountains

Translated by Barbara Sjoholm

This early text about the nomad reindeer herders tells of the year that Emilie Demant Hatt, a Danish painter, spent among the Sámi of northern Sweden in 1907-1908.

The Fatherland of Apples

by Gary Paul Nabhan

A nonagenarian botanist fights for the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan

Going to Ground: Britain’s Holloways

by Robert Macfarlane

They were at one time the busiest of routes, but now they are among the wildest niches of Britain

Gray Thunder: Listening to Elephants

by Cyril Christo
Photographs by Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson

Elephants are speaking to us. Is anyone listening?

A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn

by Ginger Strand
Photographs by Kenta Nagai

A New York dance troupe secretly used an abandoned urban reservoir as their studio.

Managing the Trees of Arlington Cemetery

by Elizabeth Redden

A fine collection of old trees poses some interesting issues for those managing them.

Weeder

Photos and text by Jon Edwards

A decades-long working relationship with the slippery rocks of the Maine coast.

Of Blood and Bone

by Joe Wilkins

The cycle of birth and hard life and death

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

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.

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.

Self-Portrait as Revealed by Trash

For 365 days, every time Tim Gaudreau threw something away, he photographed it.

Gathering Berries

by Aleria Jensen

Gratitude in the muskeg

Losing Home

by Melissa Holbrook Pierson

Place is physical before it is emotional, which is why losing one feels like a punch in the gut.

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

LivingFuture and Teal Farm are modeling sustainability by mimicking and creating living systems

Condo Picchu

by Robert Michael Pyle

Are those cozy coastal clusters of condos signs of social cohesion or extreme maladaptive behavior?

Telltales

by Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel

Alyce Santoro, inspired by Tibetan prayer flags, creates Sonic Fabric

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.

Being on the Land

Photographs and text by Robert Semeniuk

By going out on the land, the Inuit enact archetypal connections that are more universal than they appear.

A Day of Discovery

by Richard Preston

Slogging for hours through dense, unforgiving forest, two lost naturalists find the botanical mother lode: the largest living things on earth.

Making Other Arrangements

by James Howard Kunstler
photographs by David Maisel

James Howard Kunstler's plea: Get over the car and get real about living in an oil-scarce future. Read the article, then tell us (and everybody else) about your own "other arrangements" for a more sustainable life.

Nicaragua’s Remote Río San Juan

text and photographs by Jason Houston

The Río San Juan region in southeastern Nicaragua is one of the wildest, most remote areas in Central America.

Sanctuary and the Modern Metropolis

photographs and text by David Maisel

The urban dweller of Southern California now exists in what Davis terms the fastest growing metropolis in the western world, "with a built-up surface area nearly the size of Ireland, and a GNP bigger than India's."

A Rare Bird

photographs and text by Jason Houston

An innovative strategy marries a U.S. conservation group with activist in a Nicaraguan rain forest.

Tracking Tar

by William L. Fox

Beneath the streets of L.A., geology is dramatic, and more nuanced than Hollywood's most dazzling special effects make it out to be.