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Audio and Video

An Interview with Auden Schendler

December 19, 2008

Summary: The author of "Climate Revelations" from the January/February issue of Orion chats with editor Hal Clifford about how a self-described atheist discovers that he must bring God into the climate conversation.

Author: Auden Schendler

From: Climate Revelations


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A Conversation with Erik Reece

October 27, 2008

Summary: A conversation between Erik Reece, author of the article "Notes from a Very Small Island" (Orion magazine, November-December 2008), and Orion executive editor Hal Clifford.

Author: Erik Reece

From: Notes from a Very Small Island


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A Conversation with Jason Peters

October 27, 2008

Summary: A conversation between Jason Peters, author of the article "Destined to Fail" (Orion magazine, November-December 2008), and Orion executive editor Hal Clifford.

Author: Jason Peters

From: Destined for Failure


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A Conversation with Ginger Strand

October 27, 2008

Summary: Strand: A conversation with Ginger Strand, author of "The Crying Indian" in the November-December issue of Orion.

Author: Ginger Strand

From: The Crying Indian


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A Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore

October 21, 2008

Summary: A conversation with the author of "Silence Like Scouring Sand" from the November/December 2008 Orion.

Author: Kathleen Dean Moore

From: Silence Like Scouring Sand


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A Conversation with Hank Lentfer

September 25, 2008

Summary: A brief conversation with the author of "Window", from the Coda of the September/October 2008 Orion magazine, which embodies a deep appreciation of the moment, in nature. Hank Lentfer lives on a creek bank in Gustavus, Alaska, where he is working on a book titled Faith of Cranes.

Author: Hank Lentfer

From: A Window


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Sandra Steingraber: Talking to Kids about Climate Change

September 25, 2008

Summary: Sandra Steingraber discusses her September/October 2008 Orion magazine column called "The Big Talk" which is about how we speak to our children about climate change -- telling them where the birds and bees have gone. Sandra Steingraber, a scholar in residence at Ithaca College, writes about health and the environment.

Author: Sandra Steingraber

From: The Big Talk


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A Conversation with Tom Montgomery-Fate

September 25, 2008

Summary: This conversation was published on the web alongside the author's article "The Art of Dying," published in the September/October 2008 issue of Orion magazine, a meditation on the crises humanity faces. Tom Montgomery-Fate is the author of Beyond the White Noise and Steady and Trembling. He teaches at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Author: Tom Montgomery-Fate

From: The Art of Dying


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Terry Tempest Williams Reads Her Article about Rwanda

September 01, 2008

Summary: Acclaimed environmental writer reads her unabridged article "Twibuke: Healing Rwanda" from the September/October 2008 Orion magazine, about her experiences traveling to Rwanda, and what "healing Rwanda" might feel like. Terry Tempest Williams is the author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World, a narrative set in three locations: Ravenna, Italy; Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah; and Rwanda. She is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah.

Author: Terry Tempest Williams

From: Healing Rwanda


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Roger Pinckney and development on Dafuskie Island

July 15, 2008

Summary: From the article "Once Upon a Turtle Moon - Waiting for miracles at the water's edge" in the July/August 2008 issue of Orion magazine.

Author: Roger Pinckney

From: Once Upon a Turtle Moon


Conversation with Rebecca Clarren about “Pesticide Drift”

July 01, 2008

Summary: A conversation with environmental writer Rebecca Clarren about her article "Pesticide Drift" which appeared in the July/August issue of Orion magazine. The article is about how immigrant workers are affected by pesticides. Rebecca Clarren writes about environmental and labor issues for various magazines such as Fortune and High Country News. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Author: Rebecca Clarren

From: Pesticide Drift


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A Conversation with Charles Bowden

June 23, 2008

Summary: A conversation with Charles Bowden that accompanied his article "Exodus," about the wave of immigration from Mexico and why it can't be stopped, published in the July/August 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Charles Bowden has lived along the U.S.-Mexico border for fifty years. His book Exodus, a collaboration with photographer Julián Cardona, was published by the University of Texas Press.

Author: Charles Bowden

From: Exodus


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A Conversation with Mike Tidwell: Acting on Climate Change

May 01, 2008

Summary: The author of "Snap into Action for the Climate" discusses activism and alarmism, and the need for dramatic and immediate change; this audio interview was placed alongside Tidwell's article in the May/June 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Mike Tidwell is the author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities and Bayou Farewell, and is the founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Author: Mike Tidwell

From: Snap into Action for the Climate


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Conversation with Michelle Nijhuis

May 01, 2008

Summary: This brief conversation accompanied web publication of Ms. Nijhuis's article "Taking Wildness in Hand" (published in the May/June 2008 Orion magazine), which explored the idea of re-introducing species to new habitats as a result of the changing climate. Michelle Nijhuis's writing has recently won a Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She lives in rural western Colorado.

Author: Michelle Nijhuis

From: Taking Wildness in Hand: Rescuing Species


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An Abandoned Reservoir Inspires Dance

April 01, 2008

Summary: Video supplement to Ginger Strand's "A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn". Shot by Ruytaro Ishikane and Robin Vachal. Edited by Jennifer Monson. Danced by Maggie Bennett, Charlotte Gibbons and Mariangela Lopez, sound by Kenta Nagai.

Author: Ruytaro Ishikane and Robin Vachal

From: A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn


A Conversation with Ginger Strand

March 01, 2008

Summary: Author Ginger Strand discusses infrastructure, values, and other enthusiasms with Orion editors. The interview was associated with an article published in the March/April 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Ms. Strand is the author of Inventing Niagara as well as Flight, a novel. She lives in New York City.

Author: Ginger Strand

From: A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn


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An Audio Pause in the Big Butterfly Year

February 13, 2008

Summary: Bob Pyle is in 2008 engaged in a "Butterfly Big Year" -- spending a year on the road in the U.S., trying to locate as many butterfly species as possible. He submitted this audio entry on break from his Butterfly Big Year journey. See his Orion magazine blog of his efforts.

Author: Robert Michael Pyle

From: Home for a Quick Break


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“If Nature Had Rights” Read by the Author

January 01, 2008

Summary: Author Cormac Cullinan reads is provocative essay "If Nature Had Rights" in which he imagines what nature might gain, and what people might "lose" if nature gained legal protections. The article was published in the January/February 2008 issue of Orion magazine. Cape Town–based environmental attorney Cormac Cullinan is the author of Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice.

Author: Cormac Cullinan

From: If Nature Had Rights


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Clarinet and Whale Duet

December 01, 2007

Summary: David Rothenberg and belugas communicate at the edge of the White Sea, a piece that accompanied his article about the experience, published in the January/February 2008 issue of Orion magazine. David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, The Book of Music and Nature, and also has six CDs to his name.

Author: David Rothenberg

From: Serenading Belugas in the White Sea, David Rothenberg reads his essay “Serenading Belugas in the White Sea”


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David Rothenberg reads his essay “Serenading Belugas in the White Sea”

December 01, 2007

Summary: This is the story of noted musicologist David Rothenberg's trip to the White Sea to explore inter-species communication, playing his clarinet at the sea's edge. Mr. Rothenberg reads the full text of his essay published in the January/February 2008 Orion magazine. David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, The Book of Music and Nature, and also has six CDs to his name.

Author: David Rothenberg

From: Serenading Belugas in the White Sea, Clarinet and Whale Duet


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