The Barbaric Heart

by Curtis White

Are violence and greed too big a match for a naïve and jaded environmentalism?

Pulverized

by Jay Griffiths

What has silenced the language of stones, and why should we want the stones to speak?

The Poetry of Power

by Ginger Strand, with photographs by Jason Houston

When it comes to small hydro, environmentalists are damned if they do and damned if they don't. Plus EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: A Small-Hydro Road Trip.

Oracle in the Desert

Text and photographs by Craig Childs

A retired cop wanders the canyons of Arizona looking for redemption. Plus AUDIO of the author reading this article.

Lunch with Cheeta

Photographs and text by Kirk Crippens

In sunny Palm Springs, a retired movie star elicits reflection on the boundaries of being human. With LINKS to more about Cheeta.

3 Bets

by Sandra Steingraber

A successful environmental human rights movement is worth everything you can possibly wager. AUDIO EXTRA: Interview with Sandra Steingraber.

A License to Be Human

An interview with Van Jones

The Forbidden Forest

Photographs and text by Jonathan Olley

How a long-ago war continues to generate casualties.
FULL TEXT and slide show available.

The Adored, Buzzing Around Us

by Sharman Apt Russell

Finding beauty in unexpectedly beautiful creatures.
FULL ARTICLE available.

Bucking a Stiff Ebb Tide

Text and photographs by Roger Pinckney

Off the Carolina coast, it's still possible to make a real living from real fishing.
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A Walk in the Woods

by Richard Louv

Should children be guaranteed access to nature?

All You Can Eat

by Jim Carrier

Plunge into the disturbing world of America's favorite seafood.
FULL ARTICLE AVAILABLE

Muddy Hands

Paintings by Peter Kinney

Putting the art supplies provided by the planet to use.
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Kidding Season

by Lydia Peelle

A story of flight and forgetting, punctuated by a flock of goats.
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2009 Readers’ Choice Award

by Orion readers

Underfoot Earth Turns

by Gary Snyder

A spiritual journey through both topography and time.
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Artifice v. Pastoral

by Jay Griffiths

Championing an old idea over a surrealistically modern threat.
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Sacred & Mundane

A Regular Department of Orion

Several short items

Spy Flies

by Kathleen Yale

Didn't you just know they were up to something?
FULL (short) ARTICLE AVAILABLE

Poetry for March/April

March/April has a fine bouquet for this issue...

Plants Suck

by Bill McKibben

And that may turn out to be great news for our ailing planet.
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Sounds Like a Lot to Me

by Sandra Steingraber

The author shares her personal finances—and you should, too.
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Nails

by Katrina Vandenberg

A general store, a relic from an otherwise-abandoned small town in Minnesota, connects the author to thoughts about peak oil.
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Making Other Arrangements

by Orion readers

Orion readers respond, actively, to climate change and energy challenges.

Transmutations

by Peter Friederici

Connecting to where you live