Making Other Arrangements
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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.
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.
Making Other Arrangements
by Orion readers
Orion readers respond, actively, to climate change and energy challenges.
New Place, Old Roots
by Lauret Savoy, Holyoke, Massachusetts
A grassroots organization improves food and health for a community's Puerto Ricans
Strollers in Nature
by Laurel Dodge, Orange County, New York
The story of the Nature Strollers Family Nature Study Club
From Handouts to How-to
by Kyle Boelte, Tucson, AZ
Gardens as a part of the sustainability revolution
Notes from a Very Small Island
by Erik Reece
One man, one tin cup, one canoe, and an exegesis on the difference between merely existing and truly being in this world.
On Being Loopy
by Mark Schimmoeller
A Voice for Downeast Maine
by Cheryl Daigle
Dressing Locally
by Michelle Nijhuis
Treecycle
by Kyle Edwards, Iron Station, North Carolina
A business that saws lumber out of waste trees
Seed Banking
by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts
Developing a seed bank for local communities.
A Sun-Powered Campus
by Lise Goddard, Los Olivos, California
A middle-school leads the way in energy conservation
Connecting Cow to Consumer
by David Givens, Greensburg, Kentucky
The work of Green River Cattle Company enables consumers to trust the source of their food.
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
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