Orion magazine
"The Orion Nature Quarterly was founded in 1982 as a program of the Myrin Institute, a private operating foundation based in New York. The magazine quickly won a devoted readership and became known for its grounding in literature, the arts, and a philosophical exploration of how we live with the natural world.... In 1992 Orion broadened its scope beyond just publishing the magazine and formed The Orion Society, an independent nonprofit organization, to conduct additional programming. This programming was created to bring the magazine’s message to more people and encourage action on the part of individuals to put into practice the ideas Orion addressed. In 1996 Orion and The Orion Society moved from New York City to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. That year the Society also received its own 501(c)3 designation from the IRS, established its own Board of Directors, and ceased to be a program of the Myrin Institute. However, Orion continues to be published in collaboration with the Myrin Institute."[1]
- H. Emerson Blake - Editor-in-Chief/Executive Director
- Andrew D. Blechman - Managing Editor
- Madeline Cantwell - Managing Director
- Hal Clifford - former Editor
Contents
Board
Accessed April 2012: [2]
- Peter P. Blanchard III
- Alison Hawthorne Deming - chair
- Marc Fasteau
- M.G.H. Gilliam
- Wendy Tarlow Kaplan
- Margot Anne Kelley
- Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Anne MacDonald
- Kathleen Dean Moore
- Christopher Nye
- Jonathan Prince
- Scott Slovic
- Mitchell Thomashow
- Julia Harte Widdowson
Board of Advisors
Accessed April 2012: [3]
- Wendell Berry, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Camille Dungy, John Elder, Jane Goodall, Jane Hirshfield, Linda Hogan, Pramila Jayapal, Van Jones, Winona LaDuke, Barry Lopez, Rubén Martínez, Peter Matthiessen, Bill McKibben, W. S. Merwin, Gary Paul Nabhan, David W. Orr, Michael Pollan, Scott Russell Sanders, Gary Snyder, Sandra Steingraber, Mitchell Thomashow, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Luis Alberto Urrea, Terry Tempest Williams, E. O. Wilson
Major Funders [1]
- Select significant supporters: Ceres Foundation, Compton Foundation, Google, Helen Clay Frick Foundation, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Contact
Web: http://www.orionmagazine.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
- Derrick Jensen - regular contributor [2]
- Mark Dowie - listed as contributing editor to Sep/Oct 2011 issue
- George K. Russell, the publication’s first Editor-in-Chief
