Archive for May, 2012

Human Landscape

Preserving Subsistence: A Land Use Battle in an Alaskan Wilderness

Preserving Subsistence: A Land Use Battle in an Alaskan Wilderness

Preserving Subsistence was originally published on May 6, 2012 in These Fifty States, a Yale College publication devoted to capturing different aspects of place across America. Find them at thesefiftystates.org.

Ricky Ashby is not an easy man to track

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by × May 14, 2012 × 1 comment

Culture, Ecosystems, Human Landscape, Multimedia, Out West

Image by Stephen Brooks. Increasing periods of drought in the American West have raised concern among those dependent on the land. Nathan, a young rancher in Eastern Oregon, awaits the building clouds with hope that they may bring a much-needed spring rain for the parched soils.

How the West Was Won: The Sage + Westies Photo Essay

What happens when a magazine and a student group collaborate to put out a call for images that tell stories about the North American West? Inboxes rapidly fill up with muskoxen and lots of people gain an excuse to drink Oregon beer while looking at mind-blowing pictures. A selection of photos from beyond the 100th meridian.
by × May 6, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

Energy, Nuclear

Should Japan Turn Its Nuclear Reactors Back On? A Sage + PolicyMic Forum

Should Japan Turn Its Nuclear Reactors Back On? A Sage + PolicyMic Forum

With 130 million people in need of power (but 80% of the population against nuclear power), should Japan end the moratorium currently keeping 54 nuclear reactors closed? You tell us....
by × May 5, 2012 × 0 comments