From the Helm
Islands as Models
Philip Conkling — page 5

“The Best Decision We’ve Ever Made”
New Families Move to Long Island
Judith Paolini — page 8

Thinking like Islands
Sustainable Island Living Conference
Keynote Speech Excerpts
Bill McKibben — page 13

The Many Lives of Dix Island
Harry Gratwick — page 19

“There’s Nothing to
Do on This Island”
Mentoring Teens and Tweens
Caitlin Gerber — page 25

“A World Away”
A Collection of Photographs of Young Islanders
Patrisha McLean — page 27

No School Is an Island
The Outer Islands’ Inter-Island Classroom
Anne Bardaglio — page 33

On Duck
Christina Marsden Gillis — page 39

Spectacular Islands and Contested Realities
The Media’s Portrayal of Islands from Vanuatu to Maine
Doug Campbell — page 45

Revisiting the Future
Island Voices from “Generation Y”
Emily Thomas — page 50

David Sears
A Matinicus Artist Charts His Course
Carl Little — page 53

Across Deer Point Narrows
Blood Connects Families on Long and Chebeague
Donna Miller Damon — page 60

The Life and Letters of Jim Hardie
Fisherman, Farmer, Captain and Caretaker
Lucilla Fuller Marvel — page 66

One Fish, Many Fish
George Putnam and the Making of Gorton’s Seafood
Rob Snyder — page 71

The Fish They Catch
Photographs by Corey Arnold
Philip Conkling — page 75

“I Know He’s Watching Me”
Swan’s Islanders Live Their Faith
Meghan Vigeant — page 84

Behold the Island
Conversations with Naturalist E. 0. Wilson
David Conover — page 90

On the Front Line
of the Energy Revolution
Philip Conkling — page 97

Island Institute Accomplishments — page 100