Orion Magazine - January-February 2009

nature/culture/place – orion and the orion society

orion gratefully acknowledges those whose continued generosity supports the work of The Orion Society. Significant recent funding has been received from:

Cynthia Adams and GrantStation.com
Peter and Sofia Blanchard
Brimstone Fund
Ruth H. Brown Foundation
Richard and Camille Burke
Clements Foundation
Donna Curling
Barbara David
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Educational Foundation of America
Charles Engelhard Foundation
Helen Clay Frick Foundation
M.G.H. Gilliam
Google, Inc.
Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
Theron Horton and simpleChange.org
Quincey and Dan Imho=
Kendeda Fund
Lost Arrow Corporation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Myrin Institute
Namaste Foundation
Park Foundation
Steven C. Rockefeller
Andrew Sabin
Scott and Ruth Sanders
Tides Foundation
Jane Weatherly
Julia Harte Widdowson
Anonymous

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Warren Wilson College Asheville, North Carolina March 27 – 29, 2009 headwaters.org

This year’s first Headwaters Gathering will be held at Warren Wilson College, one of the greenest campuses in America. Hosted by Warren Wilson, The Wilderness Society, and The Orion Society, Headwaters Gathering will speak to the challenges climate change poses for life in Southern Appalachia and create a call for action. Keynote speaker Herman Daly, along with Majora Carter, Winona LaDuke, Janisse Ray, David Orr, IPCC scientist Thomas Peterson, National Wildlife Federation president Larry Schweiger, and New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin will lead a town meeting, plenary sessions, and a writer’s workshop. Visit headwaters.org for information and registration.

2009 Wildbranch Writing Workshop, June 7–13, Craftsbury Common, Vermont

The Wildbranch Writing Workshop, cosponsored by Orion magazine and Sterling College, is the country’s foremost writing workshop for people interested in honing their ability to write honestly and powerfully about the natural world. Join Alison Deming, Erik Reece, Ginger Strand, and Orion editors H. Emerson Blake and Jennifer Sahn for this year’s workshop in the rolling hills of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.