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Contents: November/December 2011


WE'RE SKIING THAT?
Learning to conquer fear of the big and the steep.
AARON TEASDALE

WARMTH, FROM INSIDE OUT
How to layer up for winter adventure.
STEVE CASMIRO

HIGHER GROUND
Injured war vets seek healing, find it in each other.
NATALYA SAVKA

A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
We can build big solar plants without killing desert critters.
NATE SELTENRICH

THIS MUCH MERCURY . . .
How the coal industry poisoned your tuna sandwich.
DASHKA SLATER


DEPARTMENTS

SPOUT
Mail bonding

LETTERS
What our readers have to say

CREATE
Modern Muirs

ENJOY
º Eco-soups
º Polar explorer Eric Larsen
º Gifts that keep on living

ACT
Bering Sea science camp

ASK MR. GREEN
Furnace or hybrid?

EXPLORE
Corkscrew Peak, Death Valley National Park

REPURPOSE
Rudolph the red-nosed bicycle

PONDER
Ghost bird

GRAPPLE
º Christmas tree curse
º Maoist manatees
º The age of peak soil
º Up to Speed

INNOVATE
Cool(er) data centers

MIXED MEDIA
Know what's on your fork

TAKING THE INITIATIVE
The Tea Party's road test

BULLETIN
º Taking aim at a Chicago coal plant
º Canadian MP with Sierra Club roots

LAST WORDS
Volcanic proportions

On the cover: Atop Mt. Daniel, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington. Photo by Jason Hummel

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