Fencing Israel

by Haim Watzman Photographs: Daniel Blatt

A fence in the desert threatens wildlife and leaves activists conflicted.

Agent Orange: A Chapter from History That Just Won't End

by Ben Quick

The lethality of the fog that settled on South Vietnam, like so many war costs, would remain hidden.

Kana

by Chris Dombrowski Photographs: Randy Beacham

A lyrical exploration of the wonders of nature, and a father's quest to express those to his children

Celestial Spheres

by William L. Fox

Lita Albuquerque went to the Antarctic to make art that conjures the sky. With web-exclusive extra images.

The Failure of Names

Art and text by James Prosek

Beyond the limits of Linnaeus lies a world teeming with infinite colors, shapes, and sizes.

A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn

by Ginger Strand Photographs by Kenta Nagai

A New York dance troupe secretly used an abandoned urban reservoir as their studio.

The Headbonker's Ball

by Matt Jenkins

Scores of native bees inhabit California's cities, and one scientist is on a crusade to help them thrive.

One Nation Under Elvis

by Rebecca Solnit Photographs by Larry Mills

Environmentalists might be a lot more effective if they listened to more country music —and especially if they listened more often to country music listeners.

Managing the Trees of Arlington Cemetery

by Elizabeth Redden

A fine collection of old trees poses some interesting issues for those managing them.

Fear of Not Having Had

by Elizabeth Farrelly

Must "stuff" define us?

Warming Comes to Town

by Lisa Jones

"Who wanted to go inside on a sunny Colorado afternoon and see an art exhibit on global warming?"

The Big Green Lie

by Auden Schendler

Even corporations that want to do the right thing are finding the economics stacked against them.

Wayfinding

by Sherry Simpson

Like wilderness, like home.

Magpie Song

by Robert Michael Pyle

Beauty and wonder are always in the eye of the beholder—but the beholder has to choose to behold

Where Have All the Joiners Gone?

by Bill McKibben

We're going to need a lot more than the occasional cup of sugar from our neighbors if the predicted future comes to pass.

Seed Banking

by Adrienne Shelton, Buckland, Massachusetts

Developing a seed bank for local communities.

Seeing Stars

by Tine Thevenin, Lake City, Minnesota

Managing light pollution

Treecycle

by Kyle Edwards, Iron Station, North Carolina

A business that saws lumber out of waste trees

Making Other Arrangements

By our readers

A new department of the magazine features Orion readers detailing their and their community's responses to climate change and peak oil.

Reviews

Spacecraft Voyager 1
Earth Under Fire
The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw
In Praise of Barbarians
Nobodies
World Made by Hand

Poetry

Doctrine by Todd Davis
Because We've Landed on the Moon but Nobody Wants to Live There by Amy Dryansky
Housekeeping by Michael Hettich
It Came Down Ice Last Night by Barbara Ras