While Thoreau frowned upon what was published in daily newspapers, he was an avid reader and frequent contributor to writings of a higher sort. Orion Magazine essays and artists are today's version of transcendental writers for the concerned citizens of our world.
"Orion explores an emerging alternative world view. Informed by a growing ecological awareness and the need for cultural change, it is a forum for thoughtful and creative ideas and practical examples of how we might live justly, wisely, and artfully on Earth.
Since 1982, Orion has worked to reconnect human culture with the natural world, blending scientific thinking with the arts, engaging the heart and mind, and striving to make clear what we all have in common."