November 20, 2009
UTNE READER

The Fight for Urban Forests

by Linda Underhill, from the book The Way of the Woods
Bruce Kershner has made a career out of finding the most impressive trees in New York state. He’s found them in or near the places most people are least likely to look—our cities.

The Art of Digital Storytelling

By Danielle Maestretti
Leave the e-readers to Madison Avenue and their computer geeks. It’s time to start playing with the prose.

Death Watch in the Desert

by Tim Vanderpool, from Tucson Weekly
Humanitarian activists and federal agents do battle on the Mexican border.

Jamaican Reggae’s Rude Boys Go to War

by Ross Simonini, from The Believer
As the line between reality and performance blurs, kill increasingly means kill.

Localwashing: How Corporate America Is Co-opting “Local”

by Stacy Mitchell, from Gambit Weekly
Multinational corporations are urging people to buy “local,” meaning from huge multinational corporations.


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