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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Orion occupies a space at the intersection of literature and nature like no other publication. Help fund the reporting, research, and editing that turns an idea into a story online or in print. A gift from you today will be used to craft the stories of tomorrow. 🌱 orionmagazine.org/donate-fall/

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The innovative structures of the Batammariba people are a blueprint for how we could build better. Ibrahim Tchan teaches; Michael O. Snyder documents. orionmagazine.org/article/arch...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Did you know that a dolphin's skin is twenty times more sensitive than our own? Just like us mammals above water, dolphins need touch. Brenda Peterson peers into their high-contact lives. orionmagazine.org/article/touc...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

You have just three days to submit your applications for the latest round of Orion workshops! Join these fantastic writers, build a writing cohort that lasts, and get writing this fall. Learn more and apply here: orionmagazine.org/events-works...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Writers! Orion has FOUR writers' workshops open for application! Share with your network. Deadline is Sept 15. Learn more and apply here: orionmagazine.org/events-works...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Orion doesn’t answer to advertisers or shareholders—we answer to our mission, and to our readers. Donations help us stay independent. Please donate today. Every gift matters. orionmagazine.org/donate-summer/

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Close-up of some of the art in THE DEEP DIVE, Orion's latest issue all about whales. Subscribe right here and get a copy 🐳 Art by Amy Genser. orionmagazine.org/product/subs...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Climate change isn't just warming the planet. It's cooling off commitment for one of the animal kingdom's most notorious monogamists: the albatross. orionmagazine.org/article/an-i...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Introducing Orion's Summer 2026 issue, THE DEEP DIVE: OUR HISTORY & FUTURE WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAMMALS. That's right—it's an issue all about whales. Tinged with bittersweetness, this issue is full of wonder and curiosity—and we hope it sparks the same in you. orionmagazine.org/product/subs...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Workers' rights and climate rights are part of the same grand struggle. Kim Kelly, from Orion's latest issue on labor. orionmagazine.org/article/all-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Every now and again, we "unlock the vault" to dig into our archive for something that resonates—and there's always something. We think these are times for poetry. Here's a piece from Jane Hirshfield, along with five more at the link. orionmagazine.org/article/from...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

With a temporary wage system expiring this summer, California’s goatherds are in jeopardy when they’re needed most. For our Spring issue on labor, Dan Hass writes about the prevention work that goats—and their immigrant herders—do to keep fire seasons safer. orionmagazine.org/article/goat...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"Mind if I drop to hands and knees and give you a sniff? Would that be weird?" orionmagazine.org/article/17-w...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Meet the real linden tree—planted in 1438 (!) and still standing to this day—that utterly enchanted writer Caitlin Shetterly. orionmagazine.org/article/the-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

In which a sensualist makes the most of spring. orionmagazine.org/article/how-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We are so honored to be named a finalist for CLMP's 2026 Firecracker Award in Magazines/General Excellence! Thank you @clmporg.bsky.social for the nomination, and most importantly, thank you to our readers 💚 Congrats to all the nominees! www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Donate and double your impact—and help us inspire change. Orion board members are matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $30,000. We've raised 42% to our goal! Your gift of $50, $75, or whatever is right for you will be matched when you give today: orionmagazine.org/donate-spring

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Seeing the snow leopard, not seeing the snow leopard: it is really all the same. An enlightened being treats whatever comes, this moment right now, as paradise." orionmagazine.org/article/pete...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Award-winning instructors. Intimate space to connect. One week to spark creativity and deepen your writing practice. Applications are almost closed for the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop. Learn more and apply right here. orionmagazine.org/omega/

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place. Join us this year—apply by May 15. orionmagazine.org/omega/

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's International Workers' Day! Orion's current issue is all about labor 💪 This issue, the environment acts as a lens through which we explore a set of pressing social questions—how we work, how we resist, and how we survive. Subscribe to start reading here. orionmagazine.org/product/subs...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The title of “American Farmworkers,” this series you’re seeing from Narciso Martinez, is a bit tongue-in-cheek—a nod to the ag industry’s conspicuous use of the artist’s subjects: undocumented laborers. orionmagazine.org/article/amer...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Happy International Workers' Day 💪 orionmagazine.org/article/wage...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

National Poetry Month is almost over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy poetry for the rest of the year. Here are 12 (awesome) collections to get you started. orionmagazine.org/article/12-n...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Help Orion grow as a member of our Sapling Society. You choose the size and frequency of your ongoing donation. All recurring donations received in April and May will count towards the $30,000 fundraising challenge offered by board members. orionmagazine.org/sapling-soci...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

In the spirit of Arbor Day: did you know you can join Orion as a member of our Sapling Society? You choose the size and frequency of your donation... and this Spring, those donations are getting doubled. Every donation matters. Join our community. orionmagazine.org/sapling-soci...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The pecan tree has much to teach; Robin Wall Kimmerer breaks those lessons down. orionmagazine.org/article/peca...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Donate and double your impact. Orion board members are matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $30,000. Your gift of $50, $75, or whatever amount is right for you will be matched when you give today. orionmagazine.org/donate-spring

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

National Poetry Month is upon us! Our staff pulled together a list of can't-miss new poetry collections to celebrate. Read and be changed. ✨ orionmagazine.org/article/12-n...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The photographs in Margeaux Walter's 'Sedimental' were taken in the kind of familiar landscapes you might find in a NatGeo or Sierra mag spread; on first glance they appear beautiful, even idyllic. But something is, quite intentionally, off. orionmagazine.org/article/sedi...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Writers! This month will go by fast. Don't forget to submit your applications to join us in person this summer at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, for our annual environmental writers' workshop. You have earned this writing time: claim it. Apply here. orionmagazine.org/omega/

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Have you stopped to look? Seeds surround us all day long, fueling us and enriching our lives with their unique abilities to defend, endure, and travel. Here are seven of them, from Thor Hanson. orionmagazine.org/article/7-se...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"I don't fear falling." "First Thought, Best Thought" by Andrea Cohen, in Orion magazine, 2015. orionmagazine.org/article/firs...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"We’re on our own—but if we’re smart, we’ll be on our own, together. An injury to one is an injury to all." Kim Kelly on labor on a warming planet. orionmagazine.org/article/all-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"Still for a moment it all recedes." From "Saturn's Rings" by Ellen Bass. orionmagazine.org/article/satu...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"Does it seduce you just a bit / into loving more / this odd hard world?" From "The Otters and the Seaweed" by Teddy Macker, in Orion magazine, 2015. orionmagazine.org/article/the-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's here! Introducing Orion's Spring issue, WORKING THE LAND: LESSONS IN LABOR AND COLLECTIVE ACTION, en route to your doorsteps right now 💪 How we work, resist, and survive is all connected—and it's all happening in conversation with the environment and the more-than-human world. (1/2)

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Spring is here, and with it, flowers and their aromas. David George Haskell guides us along our evolutionary connection to flowers and why we love them in our perfumes, diffusers, and gardens. orionmagazine.org/article/an-a...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

"There is a certain kind of fierce friendship between young women who pledge themselves to each other absolutely, for which the rest of life is a kind of complicated aftermath." Leslie Jamison on friendship. orionmagazine.org/article/melb...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Denali Sai Nalamalapu's graphic memoir of rural resistance is an open and honest look at what it takes to fight uphill battles—and why they're worth it. Here's a peek. orionmagazine.org/article/holl...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"There is no single way to grieve / the world..." from 'After Szymborska' by Justin Bigos, in Orion's Winter 2025/2026 issue. orionmagazine.org/article/afte...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"How shall we open to the America we find ourselves in, so various and vibrant, so riven? How shall we do more than merely requite its loneliness?" 🥚 orionmagazine.org/article/the-...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The people love our workshops—so it's a good thing we have two open for application right now. Check the thread down below for more details, or click here to learn more and apply! Deadline is March 31. orionmagazine.org/events-works...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Roberto Benavidez’s bird series depicts examples of queer nature—same-sex couplings, hybrids, gynandromorphs—all while using a joyous medium: the piñata. orionmagazine.org/article/pape...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

We're remembering Robert Redford this award season. In this interview, published in our film issue last winter, Redford discusses his legendary career, his environmental activism, and film’s capacity to inspire action. orionmagazine.org/article/robe...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Looking at this Pegasus, what do you see? It’s lonely, hard work to be strange, writes Shauna Laurel Jones. In Odilon Redon’s lithograph, the atypical treatment of the oft-heroic horse lets us see him in a new light. From Orion's winter issue, CRYPTIDS. orionmagazine.org/article/impl...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

OG Orion contributor Terry Tempest Williams is the award-winning author of 17 books, including the environmental classic, Refuge, and most recently, The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary. But can she make any convincing birdcalls? orionmagazine.org/article/terr...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just a couple days left to register! Join Jeff VanderMeer and Leanne Dunic at 2 p.m. ET on March 11 for a conversation all about CRYPTIDS, moderated by McKayla Coyle and presented in partnership with our friends at LitHub. orionmagazine.org/event-worksh...

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

What's environmental (in)justice? How does it play out as the Earth's climate changes? Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff's graphic primer lays it all out: orionmagazine.org/article/what...

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