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An aerial shot of the Susitna River. Photo by Travis Rummel

Power Struggle: Pushing Back on Alaska’s Susitna Dam Proposal

Sarah Guy, co-winner of our 2015 Emerging Environmental Writers Contest, travels up the Susitna River and learns from an Iditarod racer about a controversial dam project.
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At Yale, Climate

“Yale’s Lies?” EPI’s Rankings Ignite National Controversy in Turkey

“Yale’s Lies?” EPI’s Rankings Ignite National Controversy in Turkey

Don Mosteller, Research Fellow with the Environmental Performance Index, explores the results of the 2016 EPI Report and the ensuing national controversy in Turkey surrounding the country's performance.
by × March 9, 2016 × 0 comments

Writing Contest

Why We Plant Trees

Why We Plant Trees

Sophie Dillon, third place winner of our 2015 Emerging Environmental Writers Contest, picks up a pickaxe, plants a tree, and learns something about community in the process.
by × January 20, 2016 × 0 comments

Writing Contest

Untamings: Two Essays on the German Post-natural

Untamings: Two Essays on the German Post-natural

Lauren Greyson, co-winner of our 2015 Emerging Environmental Writers Contest, takes a walk to Honeymoon Hole, a landscape once pried and blasted apart, now transformed.
by × October 12, 2015 × 0 comments

Print Edition

A creek runs through the unnamed peaks of the Skeena Mountains.

Boundaries: The Sage Magazine 2015 Print Edition

Explore some of the environmental boundaries that define our world.
by × July 21, 2015 × 0 comments

Conservation, Oceans

The dive boat awaits at Namenanlala's dock. Photo by the author.

Leaving Paradise Behind

The dream of living on a remote, tropical island nearly killed Tom Moody. But in the end, it also saved him.
by × January 9, 2015 × 8 comments