Each Other — Where We Are

Ecological Inheritance

by Sandra Steingraber

How we live can shape our descendants.
To be posted online December 3rd.

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Savage Disobedience

by Eric Wagner

Wayne Johnson killed a whale to make a point.

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Mind in the Forest

by Scott Russell Sanders

Very old trees can teach us some things about ourselves.

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The Clearing

by Alexi Zentner

A man, a mission, and a knowledgeable dog.

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One Block

Photographs and text by Dave Anderson

Can a neighborhood in New Orleans put itself back together?

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Barley and Yaks

by Edward Hoagland

Lasting impressions from a jaunt across China, in the company of those who live in the culture’s shadows.

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Contested Ground

by Charles Bowden
Photographs by Michael P. Berman

How history betrays reality, and power obscures everything under the sun.

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Condemned to Memory

Paintings and text by Matty Byloos

A photograph is only the beginning of remembering.

Sacred & Mundane

Sacred & Mundane

In this regular department, some short takes:
"Vanilla Sound," by Ginger Strand
"Eating the Neighbors," by Riger Pinckney
Instructions on how to swinge a possum
"Nature Moves Back In," by Christian McNeil
Artist Bob Johnson's RiverCubes
"Charismatic Megapixels," by Emily Young

Media & The Arts

Putting Things Back Together

by Rick Bass

Considering Wallace Stegner on the centennial of his birth.

Making Other Arrangements

Making Other Arrangements

by Orion Readers

In this ongoing feature, Orion readers profile people and organizations that are "making other arrangements" in response to peak oil and the threats of climate change. In this issue:
"Sustainable Sovereignty," by James Treat, about the Wilson Indian Community
"Pools of Hope," by John Manuel, about water gardens

Small Change

Take the Plunge

by Bill McKibben

Creative outbursts of activism are more than fun, they’re necessary.

Upping the Stakes

Playing for Keeps

by Derrick Jensen

Would we listen to nature if our lives depended on it?

Coda

Speaking in Place

by Marissa Landrigan

Reviews

A Paradise Built in Hell
The Big Burn
Naming Nature
The Blue Plateau
Heart of Dryness

Poetry

Bat by Cleopatra Mathis
Going There by Colleen J. McElroy
Winter Lemons by Alberto Ríos
Probably, Then by Christian Anton Gerard