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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
After Tomorrow
BY PETER DEMENOCAL
As the Earth warms, droughts unknown to modern peoples may await us. Yet American science and politics continue to speak different languages on the subject.
The Delphic Fungus
BY LAWRENCE MILLMAN
A huge, rare mushroom in the Pacific Northwest seems to possess an unexpected and wry sense of humor.
ART OF LIVING
Earth Palette
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
BERNHARD EDMAIER
The beauty of the Earth is crystallized into abstraction by a German former geologist.
The Bridge Over Purgatory
BY JORDAN FISHER SMITH
Each time he puts on his uniform, a forest ranger in a condemned landscape faces the darkness and beauty of this life.
The Hopes of Snakes
BY LISA COUTURIER
Ever since Eve met one in the garden, serpents have come to us bearing messages -- even when we shy away from them.
Coda
How We Wrestle Is Who We Are
BY BRIAN DOYLE
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GROUNDSWELL
The New Amazon
BY MARISA HANDLER
Lessons in resistance: Defending a land and a way of life, the Sarayacu people decline Chevron-Texaco's kind offer of economic 'progress.'
The Lost Amazon
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
RICHARD EVANS SCHULTES
TEXT BY WADE DAVIS
A pioneering Harvard botanist's historic images disclose a place no less magical than the plants he found there.
A Chemical Catalyst
BY AUDREY SCHULMAN
Prodded by a schoolboy, Canadians put public health ahead of silken golf greens and unblemished lawns.
COLUMNS
From the Faraway Nearby
Hugging the Shadows
BY REBECCA SOLNIT
In darkness we dream, and dodge the dichotomy that would divide us, black and white.
Crossings
Be Here Now
BY PRAMILA JAYAPAL
What connects us with one another hasnothing -- and everything -- to do with place.
The Tangled Bank
The Moth Blitz
BY ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
With traps and nets and well-trained eyes, naturalists strain to fully portray a slice of the world.
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DEPARTMENTS
From the Editors
Contributors
Mailbox
Sacred & Mundane
Point of View
It's Not About the Seeds
BY LADONNA REDMOND
Food diversity means more than what's on the table; it means who's at the table.
Blueprint for Change
The Village That Shopping Carts Built
BY REBECCA CLARREN
A community of the once-homeless challenges the rest of America to live more sustainably.
Poetry BY SARAH LINDSAY
Poetry BY PATRICIA HOOPER
Poetry BY BRUCE BERGER
Health and the Environment
The Book of Life
BY BELINDA MARTINEAU
Contrary to the hype about genetic medicine, neither our fate nor our health is written into our genes.
Reviews
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Faith-based Environmentalism Spotlight: Presbyterians for Restoring Creation
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