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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

Beyond Hope
BY DERRICK JENSEN
Losing hope may kill part of you, but that's actually a good thing.




To Husband the Sea
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY PABLO BALBONTÍN ARENAS
Artisan fishermen cast nets that are finely calibrated to the ocean's diverse bounty.

Poison!
BY GARY
WOCKNER
Memories of Malathion, a chain-smoking, speed-mad father, and a wind that tasted like death.


ART OF LIVING

Feast or Famine
PAINTINGS BY FRANK MOORE
These surreal paintings may change your opinions about bioengineered foods in a way that research has not.

Christopher Hogwood
BY SY MONTGOMERY
This little piggy has a refined sense of taste, a sizable fan club, and a variety of skin-care products.

Your Lying Eyes
BY GUY HAND
What a photograph can't show may be more crucial than what it can.

GROUNDSWELL

Breadbasket of Democracy
BY TED NACE
Beneath North Dakota's amber waves, the roots of resistance to corporate power run deep.

A License to Be Human
AN INTERVIEW
WITH VAN JONES

Forget David and Goliath. A new kind of activism, based on reverence and a strong dose of self-knowledge, is emerging.

COLUMNS

From the Faraway Nearby
Creative Evolution
BY SUSAN GRIFFIN
Behind the smoke from the crossfire between science and religion, new possibilities are evolving

The Tangled Bank
The Happiness Gene
BY ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
Some of us may be more biologically inclined than others to have a nice day.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editors

Contributors

Mailbox

Sacred & Mundane

Point of View
The Sustainability Sham
BY ERIC T. FREYFOGLE
It's easy to love an idea that has come to mean nothing.

Health and the Environment
A Hormonal Message
BY SANDRA STEINGRABER
Little girls turning into little women at ages eight or nine? What gives?

Blueprint for Change
Making Connections
BY MICHELLE NIJHUIS
A new medical network lets you consult not just with experts but also other patients.

Orion Grassroots Network
After the Water Wars
Spotlight: The Klamath Basin Ecosystem Foundation

Coda
Gods at Play
BY SUSANNE ANTONETTA

POEMS

Little Bird
BY ALLISON FUNK

Bee Fuchsia
BY EAMON GRENNAN

Trout Stream
BY BRIAN SWANN

A Poet Friend Tells Me Nature Imagery Is Dead
BY LILAH HEGNAUER