The Transition Initiative

by Jay Griffiths

Towns and cities are imagining different -- and positive -- futures in a warming, post-oil world.

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.

The Barbaric Heart

by Curtis White

Are violence and greed too big a match for a naïve and jaded environmentalism?

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.

Nails

by Katrina Vandenberg

A general store, a relic from an otherwise-abandoned small town in Minnesota, connects the author to thoughts about peak oil.
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Human/Nature Slide Show

A slide show and captions from the exhibit Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet

Human/Nature

by Laurel Braitman

What happens when a museum and a conservation organization join forces to dispatch artists to World Heritage sites? See the article for 9 video interviews with the artists involved.

Under the Fence

Photographs and text by Jason Benjamin Smith

A small river connects a divided landscape.

The Sustainability Revolution

by Greg Gordon

The revolution of Nuevo Horizonte

Community Supported Fishery

by Peter Smith

One tactic for a more sustainable fishery

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.

Running on Wind and Sun

by Wren Farris

Let's talk about the real changes we need to make for sustainability

Environmental Self-defense

by Tom Callos

Martial arts applied to sustainability

Bicycle Recycler

by Peter Friederici

"Only a dull ecosystem, after all, lacks frequent interactions between its components..."

Taking Wildness in Hand: Rescuing Species

by Michelle Nijhuis

Rescuing some species from a warming climate may mean picking them up and moving them.

Dressing Locally

by Michelle Nijhuis

Environmental Amnesia

by Sandra Steingraber

Americans today know more about environmental pollution but less about the environment itself.

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.

The Headbonker’s Ball

by Matt Jenkins

Scores of native bees inhabit California's cities, and one scientist is on a crusade to help them thrive.

Seed Banking

by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts

Developing a seed bank for local communities.

Healing Sculpture

by Daniel McCormick

Creekside creations give nature a boost, then slowly disappear.

Saving Seals

by Brenda Peterson
Illustration by Michael McCurdy

Two friends keep watch over a baby seal hauled up on a beach. Both are compelled by a love of this world, though one is seduced by thoughts of the next.

If Nature Had Rights

by Cormac Cullinan
Drawings by Amy Falstrom

In a different kind of justice system, a lawyer might advocate on behalf of an aardvaark, or a river, or our atmosphere.

Extracts from Wild Law

By Cormac Cullinan

Artist as Public Servant

by Terry O'Day, Forest Grove, Oregon

An artist redirects her creative energy toward new community-building projects.