Orion Magazine - March/April 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 Blackstone Ranch Institute Peter and Sofia Blanchard Brimstone Fund Ruth H. Brown Foundation Clements Foundation Donna Curling Barbara David Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Educational Foundation of America Charles Engelhard Foundation Helen Clay Frick Foundation Germeshausen Foundation M.G.H. Gilliam Google, Inc. Theron Horton and simpleChange.org Quincey and Dan Imhoff Kendeda Sustainability Fund Lost Arrow Corporation Massachusetts Cultural Council Myrin Institute Namaste Foundation Park Foundation Steven C. Rockefeller Andrew Sabin Scott and Ruth Sanders Robert Schumann Jane Weatherly Julia Harte Widdowson Anonymous

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Education in a Changing Climate July 26–31, 2009, Unity, Maine

The Orion Society and Unity College are o=ering an original and innovative workshop for educators seeking to tackle urgent environmental issues. Workshop leaders will include Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Elder, Unity College faculty, and Orion Society sta=.

Information and an application may be found at orionmagazine.org. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2009.

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 Hawthorne 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.