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The Urbicene

Urban life has undeniable benefits. But what happens when we lose our connection to the natural world?
By Barbara Kingsolver

Featured Articles

Anatomy of a Wave: A Triptych

Lidia Yuknavitch

  ONE. Imagine a wave. In your mind’s eye.  We like to imagine—in our humanness—waves as traveling water bodies. But that isn’t quite accurate. Waves are kinetic energy from vibrating water Continue reading →

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Why Art Matters in the Face of the Climate Crisis

Manish Bapna

How can we stop the world from burning? For many years, I responded to that question as an environmental advocate. In our fight against climate change, my colleagues and I employ Continue reading →

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Brothers in Arms

Lance Garland

This essay appeared in Earthly Love: Stories of Intimacy and Devotion from Orion. ON THE WEATHER DECKS of my naval warship, in the wilderness of the Pacific Ocean, I smoked alone. Continue reading →

Five Modern Crusoes

Nigel Pitman

1. It’s not easy being modern. Consider his first surprise: though the shipwreck goes exactly as expected, and no one can complain about the authentic way the waves thrash him around Continue reading →

What the Supreme Court’s recent EPA ruling means for climate change

Madeleine LaPlante-Dube

In a stunning blow to environmental protections, the U.S. Supreme Court declared on June 30 that the Clean Air Act does not, in fact, give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority Continue reading →

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