November/December 2007
Features
Feature
Activism's Paradox Mountain
by Rick Bass
An activist pauses to consider the contradictions of a life bent on saving that which we are also apt to consume.
Feature
Reclaiming a Toxic Legacy Through Art and Science
by Erik Reece
It takes more than science to reclaim a toxic coal field and a sense of pride in an Appalachian town.
Feature
Don Berto's Garden
by David G. Campbell Illustrations by Molly Bang
The plants of the ancient Maya whisper their secrets to those who speak a shared language.
Feature
Fluid Values: Battles Over Water Rights
by Matt Jenkins
When our understanding of a river's "purposes" shifts, what happens to those left high and dry?
Feature
Stalking the Wild Groundnut
by Tamara Dean Photo by Jason Houston
Once a staple and the subject of much interest, the groundnut, a forgotten food, whets a contemporary curiosity.
Feature
Seeing Deer
by Craig Childs
They come down into the valleys in autumn, where chance meetings will seal their fates.
Feature
A Field Renewed
Paintings and text by Arlayne Peterson
One small place inspires an artist again and again.
Columns
From the Faraway Nearby
The Limits of Landscape
by Rebecca Solnit
Beyond the gallery and the picture frame, art is free to connect with everything else.
The Tangled Bank
Pulling the Plug
by Robert Michael Pyle
Can a successful TV-totaler make the ultimate sacrifice of electrons?
Small Change
The Unsung Solution
by Bill McKibben
An energy-saving technology takes recycling to new heights, but it has an image problem.
Departments
Sacred & Mundane
From Ocean to Plate, a Posthumous Migration
by Sarah Murray
A salmon's journey doesn't end when it is caught
Sacred & Mundane
Art for the Sky
Point of View
Global Warming Is Colorblind
by Jennifer Oladipo
Why do environmentalists ignore a third of the U.S. population?
Making Other Arrangements
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.
Making Other Arrangements
Heritage Roses
by Susan M. Miller, Cherry Valley, NY
A new garden brings butterflies, birds, picnickers, and a revived sense of identity to a historical town.
Reviews
The Wet Collection by Joni Tevis
Yellowcake by Ann Cummins
Amazing Rare Things by David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, and Rea Alexandratos
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Nine Ways to Cross a River by Akiko Busch
The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger
Poetry
Drain Tide by Thorpe Moeckel
November Idyll: After the still life by David Lee
On Howard Street by Rosemary Starace
Rain by Keith Althaus
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