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Caretaking
Local economies are the foundation of democracy, sanity, and a healthy natural world. Wendell Berry and Helena Norberg-Hodge explain why. Continue reading
Fracking Sacred Ground
ON THE PACKED EARTH behind the Counselor Chapter House, the local tribal headquarters for a town-sized portion of Navajo-owned lands in northwestern New Mexico, the Tso family unfolded all the makings Continue reading
Life versus the Machine
I WAS IN THE LOCAL PUB with my friend Mark. We meet every Tuesday night in this tiny village in the west of Ireland to drink Guinness and play chess. I Continue reading
14 Alaskan Vocabulary Words
1. Mount Denali. The subject of a postcard photograph to send home as a misleading boast of an adventure you haven’t yet had. 2. Outhouses. When nature calls, half the town Continue reading
What I Call Erosion
Today’s sea seems tired of stealing acres of sand from the beach. What I call erosion, the waves call: I wish the wind would stop rushing us, I wish we could Continue reading