The Nature of Walls

by John Piasecki

Wherever people live, they build walls. What the walls do for them, and to them, is less apparent.

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.

Extracts from Wild Law

By Cormac Cullinan

Overseer of Butterflies

by Robert Michael Pyle

Why not allow your alter ego its own occupation? The benefits, if not monetary, may be many.

Pulling the Plug

by Robert Michael Pyle

Can a successful TV-totaler make the ultimate sacrifice of electrons?

The Limits of Landscape

by Rebecca Solnit

Beyond the gallery and the picture frame, art is free to connect with everything else.

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.

Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights

by Matt Jenkins

When our understanding of a river's "purposes" shifts, what happens to those left high and dry?

Global Warming Is Colorblind

by Jennifer Oladipo

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

Self-Portrait as Revealed by Trash

For 365 days, every time Tim Gaudreau threw something away, he photographed it.

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?

Lessons from the New World

by Gina Cassidy

The successors of the settlers who starved among America's abundance have yet to learn the true art of survival.

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.

Regenerative Design

by Amy L. Seidl, Huntington, VT

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

Altar Call for True Believers

by Janisse Ray

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

What’s the Use of Pets?

by Ginger Strand

In a bazaar that offers everything imaginable (and then some) for pets, you could forget why we domesticated them in the first place.

Unplugged Schools

by Lowell Monke

What role can education play in combatting the alienation bred by a technology-obsessed culture?

Condo Picchu

by Robert Michael Pyle

Are those cozy coastal clusters of condos signs of social cohesion or extreme maladaptive behavior?

Medicine After Oil

by Daniel Bednarz

The good news about peak oil: it may be the key to fixing our health care system

A Very, Very Small Opportunity

by David Rejeski

Before nanotechnology becomes part of society, let's talk about what we'd like it to do and not do.

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.

Reasons Not to Glow

by Rebecca Solnit

As the energy crisis heats up, you may need a refresher on the evidence against nukes.

Everybody’s Doing It

by Michelle Nijhuis

Motivations to save the planet differ; apparently, even your credit card has something to say about it. A short piece about human nature and incentive.

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.

Ten Dispatches About Place

by John Berger

As Everywhere becomes Nowhere, we establish private landmarks for the presence of the eternal in daily life.