The Nature of Walls

by John Piasecki

Wherever people live, they build walls. What the walls do for them, and to them, is less apparent.

Serenading Belugas in the White Sea

by David Rothenberg
Photographs by Anna Koivisto

A clarinetist ventures forth to make music with the white whales of the White Sea

If Nature Had Rights

by Cormac Cullinan Drawings by Amy Falstrom

In a different kind of justice system, a lawyer might advocate on behalf of an aardvaark, or a river, or our atmosphere.

Weeder

Photos and text by Jon Edwards

A decades-long working relationship with the slippery rocks of the Maine coast.

Saving Seals

by Brenda Peterson Illustration by Michael McCurdy

Two friends keep watch over a baby seal hauled up on a beach. Both are compelled by a love of this world, though one is seduced by thoughts of the next.

Healing Sculpture

by Daniel McCormick

Creekside creations give nature a boost, then slowly disappear.

Stopping Coal in Its Tracks

by Ted Nace Illustrations by Linda Zacks

Loosely affliiated, steadfast activists are drawing a firm line against new coal-fired power plants—and holding it.

Send in the Clowns

by Mark Svenvold

The latest North American attempt at utopia is a fantastical, two-wheeled enterprise headed nowhere in particular.

From the Editors (Jan/Feb 2008)

(unsigned)

The environmental/green movement is in need of some fresh language to help establish a moral framework.

Adopt a Raptor?

by Melissa Hart

The Cascade Raptor Center's adopt-a-bird program

Sex, Wives, and Climate Change

by Amy L. Seidl

Kathryn Blume’s one-woman show "The Boycott" addresses climate change.

Disappearing Animal Migrations

by David S. Wilcove

The world's greatest migrations are fading before our unseeing eyes.

Of Blood and Bone

by Joe Wilkins

The cycle of birth and hard life and death

Our Storied Future

by Rebecca Solnit

Eschew dichotomies and embrace the confluences that make life worth living, and dying for.

Overseer of Butterflies

by Robert Michael Pyle

Why not allow your alter ego its own occupation? The benefits, if not monetary, may be many.

Connecting Cow to Consumer

by David Givens, Greensburg, Kentucky

The work of Green River Cattle Company enables consumers to trust the source of their food.

A Sun-Powered Campus

by Lise Goddard, Los Olivos, California

A middle-school leads the way in energy conservation

In Lieu of More Stuff

by Susan Donohoe, Dedham, Massachusetts

Consciously consuming less...

The Fall of a Sparrow

by Sandra Steingraber

Notes on a ubiquitous avian neighbor and sometime friend.

Reviews

The Cats of Mirikitani
Strange as This Weather Has Been
Break Through
Thought to Exist in the Wild
Still to Mow
The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner

Poetry

Evening Hieroglyph by Li-Young Lee
Northern Lights by William Gilson
The Supple Deer by Jane Hirshfield
January Light by John Landretti