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Death Over Dams
Photographs by Roberto Guerra Text by Ruxandra Guidi
A threat to lives and livelihoods gets a green light from the Mexican government, but the resistance is determined to stop it. 
Window of Possibility
by Anthony Doerr
Why one particular photograph should be in every classroom in the world. 
Bye, Bye, Miss American Empire
by Bill Kauffman
Which way out of the current mess? Turn left (or is it right?) toward the Green Mountains and explore the patriotic territory of secession.
Everybody’s Doing It
by Michelle Nijhuis
Motivations to save the planet differ; apparently, even your credit card has something to say about it. A short piece about human nature and incentive.
Medicine After Oil
by Daniel Bednarz
The good news about peak oil: it may be the key to fixing our health care system 
Reasons Not to Glow
by Rebecca Solnit
As the energy crisis heats up, you may need a refresher on the evidence against nukes. 
Reviews
Flower Confidential
Untapped
House of Rain
Under a Green Sky
Marshes
Poetry
Wedding Poem (Epithalamium) by Chris Dombrowski
Quickening by Jacqueline Kolosov
Crab and the Rag by Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Visiting the Largest Live Rattlesnake Exhibit in North America by Averill Curdy







