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Activism / Conservation

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How to Be a Climate Hero

by Audrey Schulman

Don't just stand there. Do something. Do anything.

Snap into Action for the Climate

by Mike Tidwell

The climate is shifting with terrifying speed. Can we stop it with a lightning-quick shift of our own?

Warming Comes to Town

by Lisa Jones

"Who wanted to go inside on a sunny Colorado afternoon and see an art exhibit on global warming?"

Treecycle

by Kyle Edwards, Iron Station, North Carolina

A business that saws lumber out of waste trees

Seeing Stars

by Tine Thevenin, Lake City, Minnesota

Managing light pollution

Seed Banking

by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts

Developing a seed bank for local communities.

Fencing Israel

by Haim Watzman
Photographs: Daniel Blatt

A fence in the desert threatens wildlife and leaves activists conflicted.

One Nation Under Elvis

by Rebecca Solnit
Photographs by Larry Mills

Environmentalists might be a lot more effective if they listened to more country music —and especially if they listened more often to country music listeners.

Adopt a Raptor?

by Melissa Hart

The Cascade Raptor Center's adopt-a-bird program

Sex, Wives, and Climate Change

by Amy L. Seidl

Kathryn Blume’s one-woman show "The Boycott" addresses climate change.

From the Editors (Jan/Feb 2008)

(unsigned)

The environmental/green movement is in need of some fresh language to help establish a moral framework.

A Sun-Powered Campus

by Lise Goddard, Los Olivos, California

A middle-school leads the way in energy conservation

Disappearing Animal Migrations

by David S. Wilcove

The world's greatest migrations are fading before our unseeing eyes.

Stopping Coal in Its Tracks

by Ted Nace
Illustrations by Linda Zacks

Loosely affliiated, steadfast activists are drawing a firm line against new coal-fired power plants—and holding it.

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.

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.

Artist as Public Servant

by Terry O'Day, Forest Grove, Oregon

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

The Unsung Solution

by Bill McKibben

An energy-saving technology takes recycling to new heights, but it has an image problem.

Global Warming Is Colorblind

by Jennifer Oladipo

Why do environmentalists ignore a third of the U.S. population?

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.

Low-Cost Conservation

by Dave Colavito, Rock Hill, NY

An important initiative toward sustainable development

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