In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Janet Redman offers a “recipe” for action on climate change and Andrew Korfhage underscores the dangers of natural-gas fracking following Ohio’s recent spate of earthquakes. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.

1. A Recipe for Climate Action / Janet Redman
2. Uncle Sam Is Sheltering the SWAG Economy / Sam Pizzigati
3. Let’s Stop Sentencing Children to Life without Parole / Everette R.H. Thompson
4. Ohio Earthquakes Underscore Fracking Dangers / Andrew Korfhage
5. What I’m Giving Up in 2012 / Donald Kaul
6. We’re No. 27! / Jim Hightower
7. A Watchbird Is Watching You / William A. Collins
8. A Fracking Miracle / Khalil Bendib

A Fracking Miracle, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib.