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THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
Winged Mercury and the Golden Calf
BY REBECCA SOLNIT
The mythology of gold didn’t end with the ancient Greeks, and the popular version of this element’s story in America leaves out a glittering nemesis.
In Katrina’s Wake
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFF JACOBSON
TEXT BY VAN JONES
We’re all in the floodplain now.
What we do about it will speak volumes about us.
Whither Wind?
BY CHARLES
KOMANOFF
An environmental Don Quixote goes, painfully, from tilting at windmills to believing in them.
ART OF LIVING
High Maintenance
BY JOHN PRICE
In a warren of illegal activity, one man’s virtue (and a lot of small creatures) triumph.
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Nests
PAINTINGS AND TEXT BY THOMAS JOSEPH
A visual haiku about nature's details invites us into a shared intimacy.
GROUNDSWELL
Prairie Dreaming
BY HAL HERRING
To remake a prairie you need time, money, and a historic collision of events.
Nonviolence
BY MARK KURLANSKY
A dangerous idea that’s been more successful than you might expect.
COLUMNS
From the Faraway Nearby
Masculinity Unbound
BY SUSAN GRIFFIN
Contemporary film offers new stories about being male. Good thing, too.
The Tangled Bank
With Enemies Like These
BY ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE
Do we really want to vanquish all those invasive plants and animals?
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DEPARTMENTS
From the Editors
Contributors
Mailbox
Sacred & Mundane
Point of View
Relations Among Nations
BY HERMAN E. DALY
Whoever said there’s no alternative to globalization?
Health and the Environment
The Prion Revolution
BY D.T. MAX
A nightmare protein that’s putting holes in people’s brains is also puncturing the prevailing theories of disease.
Blueprint for Change
Money Well Spent
BY LINDA BAKER
For independence and economic health, one community is banking on homemade money. So are the banks.
Orion Grassroots Network
Bread and Belief
Spotlight: Faith in Place
Coda
Wentletrap
BY BARBARA HURD
POEMS
Essay, Freshman Comp
BY MAXINE KUMIN
Molt
BY LAURIE KUTCHINS
At Clapps' Pond, October
BY CYNTHIA HUNTINGTON
The Practice of Whales
BY JERRY MARTIEN
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