Breaking the Spell of Money

by Scott Russell Sanders

How did material wealth become more important than life itself?

Eco City Dreaming

by David Oates

On the ways in which green building and affordable housing intersect -- or, more often, don't.

Geese Police

by Rachel Graves

Housing for the Long Haul

by Stefan Milkowski

Spectral Light

by Amy Irvine

When the boundaries between predator and prey, wild and tame, black and white, become blurred.

One Block

Photographs and text by Dave Anderson

Can a neighborhood in New Orleans put itself back together?

Sawdust Mountain

Photographs and text by Eirik Johnson

Salvaging a new reality in the diminished logging towns of the Pacific Northwest.

Project Sprout

by Natalie Akers, Sarah Steadman, Sam Levin, and Ben Fish

Urban Honey

by Michael S. Thompson

Beautiful Ruination

by Ginger Strand

A down-and-out steel town looks for a different future through embracing collapse and decay.

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.

A License to Be Human

An interview with Van Jones

New Place, Old Roots

by Lauret Savoy, Holyoke, Massachusetts

A grassroots organization improves food and health for a community's Puerto Ricans

Building an Anti-Economy

by Chris Carlsson

Visionaries and innovators are shaping a new economic system within the shell of the old.

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.

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.

Artist as Public Servant

by Terry O'Day, Forest Grove, Oregon

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

Low-Cost Conservation

by Dave Colavito, Rock Hill, NY

An important initiative toward sustainable development

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

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

Safe Routes to School

by Brian Fellows, Tempe, Arizona

The Safe Routes to School Program creates many strategies to grow healthier kids and communities.

Altar Call for True Believers

by Janisse Ray

Even the so-called choir seems to be failing at making great strides toward sustainability.