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Terry Tempest Williams
Anne Lambelet
Visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park with My Father
We're delighted to share some of Terry Tempest Williams's latest work. Read her lovely and heart-wrenching essay about the birthplace of conservation. more
Not Ours to Exploit
Why Rick Santorum is wrong about “Man” and “Earth.” (From an upcoming issue of The Progressive.) more
Ode to My Mentors
Each of us has our mentors, the individuals who showed us at an early age not only a different way of seeing the world, but a different way of being in the world. I found my mentor at the Teton Science School in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. His n... more
The Moment I Became a Feminist
Last week, I was a guest at a meeting of abortion providers in the Intermountain West, where the first rule of business on the agenda was the rule of no disclosure: absolutely no identification of those who were in attendance. more
Trading Wyoming for Gas
America's Natural Gas Alliance is up in arms over the Academy Award nomination that went to Gasland for best documentary. more
The Bounty of the Sea
"The oceans are telling us a very important message," says Carl Safina, the renowned ecologist and co-founder of the Blue Ocean Institute. "Maybe we need to metaphorically pick up a big seashell and hold it to our ears and listen." more
Landscapes of War
The BP blowout and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are the same story. The plot is oil, and the arc of the story moves from our complicity to our complacency. more
A Prayer to Awaken
We can mark this moment not with our despair but with our creativity, not by our sense of helplessness, but by our engagement. more
Hard Questions
Terry Tempest Williams ponders lessons from a book on King’s assassination. more
The Man With the White Hat
Call me cranky, but as a Westerner, wilderness is not an abstraction. more
Felon or Folk Hero?
I honor how Tim seized the moment when he suddenly found himself inside an oil and gas auction with a bidder's paddle and began raising it. He saw a crack in the system and realized he could widen it with a gesture of guts and aplomb. more
