Draw Me a Tree

Photographs by Dan Shepherd

A photographic study that involves trees, people, and people’s drawings of trees. Slide show accompanies text.

What Love Looks Like

A conversation with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams

An activist hero incarcerated for his nonviolent civil disobedience discusses the seeds of resistance and the opportunities presented by a world in disrepair.

Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist

by Paul Kingsnorth

Once noble and redemptive, environmentalism has devolved into an engine of consumerism and a platform for partisanship.

Night Shift

by Luis Alberto Urrea

The brown trouts, Sno Balls, and stray cats lent a faux nature vibe to this home-away-from-home.

From the Editors

Orion is entering its thirtieth anniversary year.

Freebirds

by Michael P. Branch

What to make of a nation that pardons turkeys while putting lots of other innocent beings in its crosshairs?
Web extra: audio of the author reading this essay.

The Era of Small and Many

by Bill McKibben

We are living through a giant turning of the tide, away from the brittle and toward the resilient.

The Reign of the One Percenters

by Christopher Ketcham

Income inequality is stunting cultural evolution and eroding the prospects for the future of humanity. So where is the outrage?

Deep Intellect

by Sy Montgomery

When you gaze into the eye of a giant octopus, don't underestimate what's going on inside that big, squishy head.

Holy Water

Photographs by Francesco Zizola / NOOR, Text by Stephan Faris

In the conflict-torn desert around Israel, water does not necessarily flow downhill.
Web extra: audio slide show.

From the Editors: Citizens of One World

Meditations after 9/11

Evolve

by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus

Turning away from technology ignores thousands of years of evolution between humans and nature.

Nature and Nurture

Photographs and text by Rachel Barrett

Two communities, separated by gender and geography, leave differing imprints on the land.
With an audio slide show.

The Schools We Need

by Erik Reece

No democracy can thrive when its public education system is in ruins.

Speed Freaks

by Ginger Strand

Stalking the car of the future among the Budweiser-fueled crowds at Speed Week.
Audio extra: interview with Ginger Strand.

From the Editors

Ten years after 9/11...

Household Tips from Warrior Mom!

by Sandra Steingraber

On the human tendency to belittle big problems by asking petty questions.

Imagine

by Derrick Jensen

The first step to living differently is accepting that it can be done.

This Culture Is #/?*#-+

by Derrick Jensen

We no longer need an outside entity to censor our most heartfelt thoughts.

A Little Leeway

by Bill McKibben

Why better-safe-than-sorry is better than cutting it close.

Back to the Future

by James Howard Kunstler

The cities of tomorrow will be less like The Jetsons and more like déjà vu.
Also available: audio interview with the author.

I, Turbo

Text and photographs by Eric Wagner

In the wilds of Patagonia, a feisty penguin crosses the line between study subject and friend.

From the Editors

A walk down Main Street with James Howard Kunstler.

Breaking the Spell of Money

by Scott Russell Sanders

How did material wealth become more important than life itself?

Take Back the Media

by Josh Stearns

Step aside, corporate media goliaths, and let the people control the story of our time.