In this issue of Orion, we seek to let the mushroom be, simply, itself; a marvel of mystery and interconnectedness that ...

But lilacs do not belong in pots. The cramped space is too stressful on their root systems, which twist and dig and ...

Author Alan Weisman is a well-traveled man. He has reported from all seven continents and in more than sixty countries, weaving through jungles and slogging through swamps, commun ...

IS Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Orion staff is celebrating by doing what we do best: sharing ...

PETER KUPER’S graphic Insectopolis follows companies of ants, bees, beetles, moths, and more as they crawl and flutter ...

I reclaim a little heart by pondering the promises eggs offer: all that may be born; all that may be reborn. When I got out ...

“WHO ARE YOU?” the caterpillar barks at Alice from atop the giant mushroom, and Alice, never quite having considered the ...

THE CHICKEN WAS UNWELL. She no longer ran to the summons of the leftovers pail to scratch at the compost heap with the other hens. Morning found her in a corner of the henhouse facing the wall, with ...

adrienne maree brown has been on my radar for a while. As a thinker, activist, and teacher, she provides essential insights into how we relate to both human and natural ecosystems. Our conversation ...

A MOTHER FINDS IT USEFUL sometimes to step outside her life so that she can look back in. To see her home and the things inside it more clearly without the barbed attachments of purpose or emotion; to ...

IN OUR FREE TIME, WE DESTROY TREES. Hundreds of them by now. Five years ago, soon after I bought the place, I gave my partner a Husqvarna 450 Rancher for Christmas. Since then, he’s had to replace the ...