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Chronicles of Ice
by Gretel Ehrlich
As it falls apart, the Perito Moreno glacier surges, crumbles, and growls its protest to human indifference and global warming.
Compromise, Hell!
by Wendell Berry
A nation founded on freedom has become uncharacteristically submissive to those who would destroy it. Here's where we draw the line.
The War of the Senses
by Rick Bass
In the weeks following the presidential election of 2000, I began to keep a chart, a table of hours spent defending the homeland against the assault of the new administration.
The Submerging World
by Bill McKibben
Pacific islands are washing away. That kind of terror doesn't make the nightly news, but it should.
Standing Up for This World
by Mary O'Brien
National environmental laws uphold a core principle of participatory democracy. Now that principle is under attack, in an effort to keep citizens out of the decisions that affect them
Crimes Unseen
by Dena Jones
The modern slaughterhouse is more brutal than it needs to be. A few practical activists are trying to change that.
Engagement
by Terry Tempest Williams
With a foreign policy run amok, the coming election offers a chance to question the simplistic view that what is good for business is good for humanity. Last in a three-part series.
High-Tech Wasteland
by Elizabeth Grossman
It's the Information Age! So why can't we find information on what to do with our obsolete hardware?
Listening to the Other
by Gary Paul Nabhan
Though bombings and bloodbaths dominate the world stage, enduring cultural connections may illuminate the path to peace in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Ground Truthing
by Terry Tempest Williams
The jagged heart of the Arctic refuge lies at the confluence of miracle and mystery. Terry Tempest Williams seeks out the soul of true democracy in part two of a three-part series.
The People’s Freeway
by Marcus Renner
The labyrinthine highways of Los Angeles have little use for pedestrians. But the pedestrians may have ideas of their own!
On Thin Ice
by Charles Wohlforth
Like canaries in a coal mine, our northernmost Americans are the first to face the alarming challenges of global warming.
Jeremiad for Belarus
text and photograph by Hope Burwell
Revisiting the accident that could "never happen here". Eighteen years after the Chernobyl disaster, radiation continues its deadly work.
Commencement
by Terry Tempest Williams
In a landscape cultivated by fear and lies, with language martyred to the cause of patriotism, how do we redefine the process of democracy?
Acts of Hope
by Rebecca Solnit
A lot of activists expect that for every action there is an equal and opposite and punctual reaction, and regard the lack of one as failure. After all, activism is often a reaction...
Burying Miss Louise
by Roger Pinckney
In the Deep South, tribulation and transcendence are a way of life for some
Harbinger of Hope
by Marion Gilliam
Profits of Place
by Josh Harkinson
Is a kinder, gentler form of globalization really possible? Absolutely!
The Event of the Century
directed by Kathryn Walker
Law of the Land
by David W. Orr
It may be immoral to sell off or destroy resources that belong to our children and their children, but shouldn't it be illegal as well?
Pressing Forward
text by Tricia Louvar
Consent of the Governed
By JEFFREY KAPLAN
As corporations gain in power--and in control over our lives and livelihoods--the notion of democratic governance seems more and more quaint. But some don't see it that way.
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