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Master forager Twila Cassadore of the San Carlos Apache Nation

by Roberto (Bear) Guerra

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Water Flows Together

by Palmer Morse, Taylor Graham and Matt Mikkelsen

by Billy Silva and Guille Isa

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The Church Forests of Ethiopia

by Jeremy Seifert

Original illustration from the Yiddish folktale “Sara Chana at the Tip of the Church Tower.

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Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times

by Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger

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Learning and Teaching from the Heart in Troubled Times

Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger explores ways to embrace curiosity and celebrate questions in challenging times.

by Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger

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Speaking of Nature

Finding language that affirms our kinship with the natural world with Robin Wall Kimmerer.

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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The Axis and the Sycamore

Originally published in Orion Magazine. THIS SUMMER, I built my children a tree house. Adults build tree houses because they always wanted one when they were …

by Paul Kingsnorth

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The Space Race is Over

Paul Kingsnorth examines the collective fear of the future and the resurgent concept of space colonization. He urges us to deflect the delusions created by …

by Paul Kingsnorth

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The Skeleton of the Isle de Jean Charles

Walk, as residents once did before the promise of oil brought a paved road, out to the Isle de Jean Charles and your gut will tell you what you already logically …

by Elizabeth Rush

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Forty Days

Paul Kingsnorth urges us to contemplate the productive meanings of loneliness and withdrawal. He explains and reinterprets his childhood dreams of withdrawal from …

by Paul Kingsnorth with photography by Carla F. Andrade

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On the Big Bend of the Xingu River

Writer Nina Wegner travels to Altamira, Brazil, and talks to the fishermen who are struggling for their livelihoods. The world's third-largest dam, the Belo …

by Nina Wegner with photography by Taylor Weidman

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Entering Homes: A Year Inside Yangon’s Dangerous Buildings

Elizabeth Rush shares her experiences inside post-colonial Yangon, a failed empire being rebuilt and in need of preservation.

by Elizabeth Rush

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Orchestra of the Wild

Bernie Krause, known as the father of soundscape ecology, describes how he came to record the voice of the natural world.

by Bernie Krause with photography by Nick Nichols

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Rivers and Stories

Learn more about the cultural history and health of rivers around the world.

by Robert Hass

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Crossing Place: A Year in Varanasi

Travel writer and ecologist, Piers Moore Ede, describes his experiences in Varanasi where he encounters the ubiquity of death in this ancient city.

by Piers Moore Ede with photography by Elias Koch

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Small Talk: Life on a Farm

Author Luanne Armstrong reflects on what happens when we engage with the natural world.

by Luanne Armstrong

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Modernizing Mustang: A Hidden Tibetan Kingdom Meets Its Future

The watch on Chime Ningjing Gurung’s wrist shines in the sun, its imitation platinum metal echoing the gleam of a Rolex. Chime (pronounced Chim-eh) is …

by Nina Wegner with photography by Taylor Weidman

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The Future As Seen From Greenland

Author Craig Childs confronts the reality of climate change from a remote scientific outpost on Greenland's ice sheet.

by Craig Childs

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Choosing a Warning Label for Human DNA

Charles Wohlforth examines the role of human beings within and without the context of their own ecosystem.

by Charles Wohlforth

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