Making Other Arrangements

Articles are sorted by date with the most recently published first.

The articles below were submitted in response to the following: In the face of climate change and energy challenges, what creative ways are you finding to forge healthy and durable lives and communities? Send submissions—five hundred words or fewer—to Orion, 187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230, or via . Submissions become property of Orion.

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.

Green Grease Monkey

by Patrick Keaney, Boston, Massachusetts

Green Grease Monkey educates the public on the combined powers of waste vegetable oil, localism, and conservation.

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.

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.

Housing, Sailing Vessels, Survival…

by Betsy Hands, Dmitry Orlov, and Hank Lentfer

Orion readers envision the future motivated by peak oil and climate change, as well as good common sense.

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