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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
High-Tech Wasteland
BY ELIZABETH GROSSMAN
When you upgrade to a newer, faster computer or better cell phone, the old one can't go on the compost pile. So where does it go?
Commerce & Conversation
PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY
ROBERT SEMENIUK
A sensuous tour of open-air markets reveals duck eggs in China, pomegranates in Oman, and an ancient, thriving alternative to globalization's anomie.
ART OF LIVING
Breathing the Ancestors
BY GEORGIANA VALOYCE-SANCHEZ
After Native American remains are unearthed at an oil refinery, a proper burial reaffirms the sanctity and mystery of life.
Overlooked Landscapes
PAINTINGS BY LINDEN FREDERICK
TEXT BY JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER
Building on the tradition of Edward Hopper, a modern painter limns the gorgeous desolation of roadside mundanity.
The Wild Within
BY JOHN TALLMADGE
The urban Midwest may not seem like the seat of transcendent experience, yet the seeds of the sublime live with us always and everywhere.
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GROUNDSWELL
Engagement
BY TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
To participate in the great experiment called democracy, we must cultivate wisdom, compassion, and above all, love -- for neighbor, for community, and for the great web of life. Last in a three-part series
Crimes Unseen
BY DENA JONES
The modern slaughterhouse is more brutal than it needs to be. A few practical activists are trying to change that.
Shortening the Food Chain
PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY JASON HOUSTON
Honest relationships underpin a small-farm renaissance in western Massachusetts.
COLUMNS
From the Faraway Nearby
Mirror on the Street
BY REBECCA SOLNIT
Why do we look at the homeless and see a problem of aesthetics, not ethics?
Small Change
Helping Hand or Big Fat Fist?
BY BILL MCKIBBEN
If you wonder why the world seems ungrateful to America, consider the case of Zambian food aid.
The Tangled Bank
Small Mercies
BY ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
One lazy cat can ruin a perfectly good day for countless so-called "lesser lifeforms."
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DEPARTMENTS
From the Editors
Contributors
Mailbox
Sacred & Mundane
Point of View
Cool the Rage
BY ROSS GELBSPAN
Renewable energy can quell the fires of terror and extremism.
Blueprint for Change
After the Asphalt
BY SHARON GAMSON DANKS
A grassroots effort seeks to convert San Francisco's paved schoolyards into teaching gardens.
Poetry BY GARY SNYDER
Poetry BY DEBORAH KEENAN
Health and the Environment
Bodies of Evidence
BY MICHELLE NIJHUIS
Scientists are not just testing water and soil for environmental toxins; they're testing human body fluids, with startling implications.
Reviews
Orion Grassroots Network
Spotlight: The Florida Panther Society
Coda
The Pickers
BY JIM MINICK
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