A High Country News special issue on the future of environmental ideas.
The unusual occupation at Utah’s Book Cliffs
They’re burning mad about climate change. Are you?
A Hot Day’s Night
New fiction from the author of ‘The Windup Girl.’
Think of pollution as trespassing
Why take the ‘harms’ approach? Try this instead.
A modern movement in tribal building design
Review of “New Architecture on Indigenous Lands,” by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka
Where can we say ‘Yes’ to oil and gas?
What we give up in so-called sacrifice zones.
Can Aldo Leopold’s land ethic tackle our toughest problems?
An argument for ‘voluntary decency.’
Farewell to Theo Colborn
Marking the passing of an influential environmental scientist
How faith plays into the new conservation debate
Two sides call a truce, at least for now.
Introducing the idea of ‘hyperobjects’
A new way of understanding climate change and other phenomena.
Mesas and Sky
2014 Bell Prize runner-up
More questions than answers
When I started work at High Country News last May, I volunteered to oversee the January special issue, the one currently in your hands. Aside from the general notion that it should include ideas about the West’s future, with an educational underpinning, I was given free rein to come up with the theme, solicit the…
‘Real hunger’ creating demand for environmental philosophy
Descriptions of the West’s top programs.
Postcards from fire
‘We will rise from the ashes, sweep them from our children’s hair.’
Quoted: your favorite environmental thinkers
Suggestions from our readers.
Should nature have standing to sue?
Even today, the natural world needs a co-plaintiff: us.
Should we put a price on nature?
A nuanced look at ecosystem services.
The Cow Liberation Moovement, bear tizzies and more
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
The New, New West
Introducing the 2014 Bell Prize winner.