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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
A Citizen's Response to the National Security Strategy
by WENDELL BERRY
 The recent White House document exposes "an American dementia that has not been so plainly displayed before."
Caviar Wars
Photographs by HANS JERGEN BURKART
Text by Wallace Kaufman
 Poor law enforcement, pollution, and an unstable economy combine to create a bleak future for Caspian Sea sturgeon.
Robotic Iguanas
 by JULIA CORBETT
Lights, camera, nature experience! A rainforest in the burbs -- with margaritas.
GROUNDSWELL
The Steens Mountain Divide
by TARA RAE GUNTER
It took four stubborn souls and lots of patience, but an agreement on public land use in Oregon's High Desert promises to make everyone a winner—ranchers, environmentalists, and bighorn sheep.
Revolutionary Plots
by JONATHAN COOK
In Havana, "organic" doesn't mean green or trendy. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, pesticide-free, urban gardening has emerged as the most efficient way to feed an entire nation.
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ART OF LIVING
In the Wake of Our Ancestors
by SAM LOW
Journeying across the South PaciÞc in a double-hulled canoe with no compass to guide them, Hawaiians are navigating by the stars, and reclaiming a proud heritage.
To Breathe the Clouds
Photographs by BRADFORD WASHBURN
Text by Kevin Markey
Bradford Washburn's photographs of Alaska's Mount McKinley, taken over eight decades, revolutionized mountain photography.
COLUMNS
From the Faraway Nearby
Riding the Metaphor Home
by REBECCA SOLNIT
While our government seeks the familiar embrace of an enemy's antlers, an art museum offers up a game of love.
Realecology
The Turning Point
by PETER SAUER
Suppose you turned on the radio one morning and all the environmental groups were singing the same tune—a new one?
The Tangled Bank
Wings to Wander
by ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
There's no leg room and the air is bad, so why is this frequent flier smiling as he lines up at the ticket counter?
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From the Editors
Contributors
Mailbox
Sacred & Mundane
Point of View
Horatio Alger on Crack
by DORIS "GRANNY D" HADDOCK
Blueprint for Change
Casting a Wide Net
by KATRINA KORFMACHER
Poetry by MARK SULLIVAN
Poetry by CHARLOTTE GOULD
WARREN
Health and the Environment
Health Care That Harms
by MARK JEROME WALTERS
Reviews
Orion Grassroots Network
Coda
Character
by DREW PERRY
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