Orion Society

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The Orion Society, founded in 1992, is a group of nature writers, environmentalists, and activists who believe that “humans are morally responsible for the world in which we live, and that the individual comes to sense this responsibility as he or she develops a personal bond with nature” (www.orionsociety.org). The Society focuses on teaching how nature and communities might be healed. Four important events in the Society’s history which this collection documents are: the Forgotten Language Tours, the Watershed, Yaak Valley and Artful Advocacy conferences. The Forgotten Language Tours, 1992-2003, facilitated events in communities across the U.S. in which writers and poets offered readings, workshops, and discussions that attempted to strengthen the local community's understanding of the natural world and human community as well as to promote nature literacy. The Watershed: Writers, Nature and Community conference, which was cosponsored by the Library of Congress, took place in Washington, D.C., April 15-20, 1996, with over three thousand people in attendance. Speakers from the Orion Society also held a conference in Yaak Valley, Montana, home to Rick Bass and the subject of many of his books. Artful Advocacy: Building a New Movement for Responsible U.S. Global Engagement was held in Tarrytown, New York, Nov. 7-9, 2003. It was organized with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Speakers in the Orion Society collection include: David Abram, Rachel Bagby, Rick Bass, Wendell Berry, Lucille Clifton, Alison Deming, Cornelius Eady, John Elder, Marion Gilliam, Robert Hass, Linda Hogan, Wes Jackson, William Kittredge, Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Stephanie Mills, Gary Paul Nabhan, Richard Nelson, David Orr, Michael Pollan, Robert Michael Pyle, Pattiann Rogers, Scott Russell Sanders, Annick Smith, Catherine Sneed, Gary Snyder, Kim Stafford, Terry Tempest Williams, Paul Winter, and Susan Witt.

From the guide to the The Orion Society Audio-Visual Collection, R25. 1., 1994-2004, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

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creatorOf The Orion Society Audio-Visual Collection, R25. 1., 1994-2004 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn John Hay (1915-2011) papers, Hay (John, 1915-2011) papers, 1939-2011, (bulk 1959-2011), 1939-2011, (bulk 1959-2011) Brown University Library, Special Collections
referencedIn Annick Smith Papers, R 9. 2., 1968-2007 and undated Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab records, 1996-2005 Rhode Island School of Design Archives.
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associatedWith Abram, David, 1957- person
associatedWith Bagby, Rachel L. person
associatedWith Bass, Rick, 1958- person
associatedWith Berry, Wendell, 1934- person
associatedWith Blake, H. Emerson person
associatedWith Clifton, Lucille, 1936- person
associatedWith Deming, Alison Hawthorne, 1946- person
associatedWith Eady, Cornelius person
associatedWith Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab corporateBody
associatedWith Elder, John, 1947- person
associatedWith Gilliam, Marion person
associatedWith Hass, Robert person
associatedWith Hay, John, 1915- person
associatedWith Hogan, Linda person
associatedWith Jackson, Wes person
associatedWith Kittredge, William person
associatedWith Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- person
associatedWith Matthiessen, Peter person
associatedWith Mills, Stephanie, 1948- person
associatedWith Nabhan, Gary Paul person
associatedWith Nelson, Richard K. person
associatedWith Orr, David person
associatedWith Pollan, Michael person
associatedWith Pyle, Robert Michael person
associatedWith Rogers, Pattiann person
associatedWith Sanders, Scott R. (Scott Russell), 1945- person
associatedWith Smith, Annick, 1936- person
associatedWith Sneed, Catherine, 1954- person
associatedWith Snyder, Gary person
associatedWith Stafford, Kim Robert person
associatedWith Williams, Terry Tempest person
associatedWith Winter, Paul person
associatedWith Witt, Susan person
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Artful Advocacy: Building a New Movement for Responsible U.S. Global Engagement (Nov. 7-9, 2003)
Environmental ethics
Forgotten Language Tour
Nathan Cummings Foundation
Natural history
Natural history in literature
Orion Society
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Watershed: Writers, Nature and Community (April 15-20, 1996)
Yaak Valley (Mont.)
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