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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
The New Old Growth
BY TOM HORTON
The eastern U.S. seems to have more ancient forests than Middle Earth -- you just might not know them when you see them.
Yangtze Farewell
 Photographs by Steven Benson
ESSAY BY PENELOPE GRENOBLE O'MALLEY
The waters of the Yangtze are closing fast over two millennia of history -- and any chance for second thoughts about China's energy needs.
ART OF LIVING
Weaving Basra
BY MEGHAN NUTTALL SAYRES
 Inspired by the words of an early Sufi poet, one woman threads a city together while her country's bombs tear it apart.
First Encounters
Paintings by Walton Ford
An allegorical look at the havoc that human culture, gluttony, and greed have imposed on nature throughout the last two centuries.
After Olive Picking
BY JOHN ELDER
The simple act of eating can also be a way of celebrating our ties to landscape and history, so pass the vino and drizzle on the first olio of the season.
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GROUNDSWELL
Consent of the Governed
BY JEFFREY KAPLAN
 As corporations gain in power -- and in control over our lives and livelihoods -- the notion of democratic governance seems more and more quaint. But some don't see it that way.
The Accidental Historian
BY JENNIFER SAHN
When Rex Ziak stumbled upon a misunderstood section from Lewis and Clark's journals, he saw an opportunity to save a piece of his native landscape.
COLUMNS
From the Faraway Nearby
Seeing Things
BY REBECCA SOLNIT
How lingering longer and doing less can expand your universe -- and make a political statement as well.
Small Change
Beating Around the Bush
BY BILL McKIBBEN
Beneath all the campaign promises and funding appeals, we may be on the verge of a tectonic shift in the political landscape.
The Tangled Bank
A Tale of Two Turtles
BY ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
Inevitably, other animals must give their lives so that we may live ours, but how does one respect that exchange?
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DEPARTMENTS
From the Editors
Contributors
Mailbox
Sacred & Mundane
Point of View
Waking from the Corporate American Dream
BY HELENA NORBERG-HODGE
The consumer-culture dream marketed to youth the world over looks more like a nightmare in its country of origin.
Blueprint for Change
Sewing Dignity
BY ROBERT ITO
In the sweatshop capital of the U.S., one company is producing "clothing with a conscience."
Poetry BY B.T. SHAW
Poetry BY PAMELA ALEXANDER
Poetry BY PETER MAKUCK
Health and the Environment
Ecology of a Virus
BY MARK JEROME WALTERS
There's no escaping the web of life that binds us -- humans, animals, and killer flus.
Reviews
Orion Grassroots Network
Coda
Out of the Wild
BY VERLYN KLINKENBORG
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