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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.

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.

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.

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.

More Perfect Unions

by Rebecca Solnit

Real democracy, not representative or misrepresentative democracy, is much more possible on the smaller scale of a functioning community. And maybe only possible on that scale.

Love Song of the Agave

text and photograph by Douglas Menuez

In the northern Mexican town of Tequila, an unwavering tradition yields a fruit in perfect harmony with its culture.

The Nature of Violence

text by Jeffrey A. Lockwood

This thoughtful essay about violence was included in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007.

Charlotte’s Webpage

by Lowell Monke

Computers are dramatically altering the way your children learn and experience the world -- and not for the better.

In Weather Like This

by Roger Pinckney

Believe what you want to believe. Science will catch up sooner or later.

Language Garden

by Susanne Antonetta

An orangutan with attitude meets a writer with a weakness for Shakespeare.

A Season of Remembrance

by Terry Tempest Williams

The disappearing American Elm.

Compromise, Hell!

by Wendell Berry

A nation founded on freedom has become uncharacteristically submissive to those who would destroy it. Here's where we draw the line.

Engagement

by Terry Tempest Williams

With a foreign policy run amok, the coming election offers a chance to question the simplistic view that what is good for business is good for humanity. Last in a three-part series.

Listening to the Other

by Gary Paul Nabhan

Though bombings and bloodbaths dominate the world stage, enduring cultural connections may illuminate the path to peace in the Middle East and elsewhere.

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