Orion brings ideas, writers, photographers, and artists together, focused on nature, the environment, and culture, addressing environmental and societal issues.

Nov 8, 2023 · The character at the center of Lauren Groff’s new novel, The Vaster Wilds, is on the run, and though for a long time we’re not quite sure what from, you can at least measure the trauma by what she’s willing to endure to get away from it: fever, starvation, sleeplessness, nightmares of being sniffed and licked by wild beasts, and …

Nov 16, 2023 · THE REASON I’M so hyped about this discovery, despite my last science class having been decades ago, is that the interstitium is a conceptual skeleton key, unlocking a more sophisticated, accurate way of seeing everything in the environment.. In the early modern period, Western scientists conceived of the world in terms of parts, of individuals. Everything was seen as a

Nov 15, 2022 · “It’s infamous, I know,” he said, But we have got to use our head. Praying may help us—who can tell? But they, of course, have gods as well I would endeavour to maintain

i Nature and Justice TOUCHING THE EARTH by bell hooks I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.

Aug 17, 2021 · Now in its third printing! “This book is an arboretum of essays, not showcasing ‘trees’ as a class of beings, but rather stories of interspecies relationships of an arboreal kind, as diverse in scope as trees are in leaf.”” — Robin Wall Kimmerer. Orion Magazine presents Old Growth, an anthology of essays and poems about the rich inner lives of trees.

Jun 12, 2017 · A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths beneath rewilding oaks.

LOGISTICS. Travel: The Omega Institute is located in Rhinebeck, New York, with access to major airports and public transportation. Tuition and Board: Tuition is $1200 ($1100 early bird rate if you register by March 15th).Additional room and board fees vary based on your choice of accommodation and range from $495-1500. When successful applicants call Omega, they will be given various housing ...

Shortly after Sy Montgomery finished writing “Deep Intellect,” her feature about octopus intelligence in the current issue of Orion, she learned that her subject, Athena, had passed away.Athena’s successor is Octavia, the New England Aquarium’s new Giant Pacific Octopus with whom Sy has visited regularly.

Dec 5, 2023 · She said her initial inspiration for Wingspan came from both a love for board games and a frustration over their typical topics and themes. From battling enemies to settling lands, the trends of popular games have long focused on economic and colonialist ideas, and a quick review of ranking sites reveals descriptions filled with terms …