Northern California’s Environmental Magazine
Freeman House, author of Totem Salmon, says: "The best bridge to what I might call a new environmentalism that I have ever seen."
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Felice Pace of Klamath Forest Alliance says: "The best small magazine going in the environmental field."
Fall/Winter 2008
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Nuclear Redux
Does reducing our imports of foreign oil mean Chernobyl in our backyard? What’s changed and what’s not about nuclear energy.
ByGrowing Small: An Interview with a Tiny-House Builder
Jay Shafer lives in what he builds: 85 square feet.
ByThe Big Save
When an avalanche wiped our Juneau’s power, the city turned to a Berkeley expert. Alaska’s example could help us survive.
ByTerrain Magazine: The Best Small Magazine Going
Published in one form or another since 1971, Terrain is Northern California's premier environmental magazine. Regional news and analyses and features on themes such as vineyard expansions, drought, oil spills, development, anti-GMO legislation, and food security attract a broad swath of readers, urban and rural. Terrain serves up incisive interviews with academics, authors, and activists, and we aren't afraid to ask hard questions. We're independent journalism at its best—in a world where the independent media is an endangered species.