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Climate change raises existential questions—ones that, some argue, exist more comfortably in the realm of morality than science. So might the world’s religious traditions help us face the challenges of the Continue reading
In the English language, we reserve the pronouns of personhood for humans—”he,” “she,” “they”—and not for animals, plants, and landscapes. Yet in many of America’s indigenous languages, such barriers are dissolved, Continue reading
Between globalization, technological advance, and ecological crisis, humans are living through a time of nearly unprecedented change. For centuries, many of us have told a particular story about the nature and direction Continue reading
The notion of private property—that land can be owned and put to private use—is deeply ingrained in contemporary society. Yet it’s an idea that’s barely five-hundred years old. Orion editor Scott Continue reading
The idea that we’ll soon run out of fossil fuel is both popular and frightening. But is it accurate? Orion editor Andrew Blechman speaks with Charles C. Mann, who argues that the Continue reading