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20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
New Year, New President, and Our Promise
We represent nonpartisan, independent journalism. Even in the darkest times, you can depend on us to report on solutions that can heal the planet and improve the lives of the many.
It Wasn鈥檛 All Bad: 5 Signs of Positive Change in 2016
The election divided the year into 鈥渂efore鈥� and 鈥渁fter.鈥� But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
From Growing Edible Forests to Banking Heirloom Seeds, Solutions to Keeping Your Food Local
Three creative ways to strengthen local food economies.
Standing Rock Prepared Us for Trump鈥檚 Billionaires and Oil Giants
Continuing to shrink our oil consumption is one way to challenge the oil uber alles mentality of the Trump administration.
7 Things the Defund DAPL Campaign Has Achieved So Far (Including $28 Million in Personal Accounts Moved)
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
Arctic Waters Have Been Rescued From Drilling, But What About the Land?
Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge鈥攁nd the people who depend on it.
Why I Kneeled Before Standing Rock Elders and Asked For Forgiveness
鈥淲e fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke 鈥� But we鈥檝e come to say that we are sorry.鈥�
The Fix-It Shop Where Neighbors Repair Your Clothes and Electronics
Three years ago, they started a program to keep salvageable goods from landfills by harnessing the community鈥檚 collective skills to fix them.
Wisconsin Tribe Halts $1.5 Billion Open-Pit Mine
To protect vital wetlands, the Ojibwe tribe and local scientists and activists pressured industry to abandon plans for what would have harmed thousands of species of plants and animals.
In One of the Nation鈥檚 Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm
In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.
Seattle Takes Steps to Divest $3 Billion From Wells Fargo Over Standing Rock
The proposal will be voted on next month and could have broader implications to ensure the city partners with socially responsible businesses.
A Last Resort That Might Work: Small Town Votes In Community Bill of Rights to Ban Fracking
Opposing a pipeline, residents in Waterville, Ohio, passed a new law to protect their right to clean air, water, and soil.
What Happens After a Kinder Morgan Pipeline Approval? Anger, Then Strategy
In a moment like this, direct action needs to call attention to a moral crisis that demands intervention, much like what we're seeing at Standing Rock.
How Standing Rock Has Changed Us
As we work toward a post-fossil fuel society, we can look to these lessons from the Sioux.
Voters Win 麻豆社事件 Solar Energy Options Despite Opposition From Big Energy
Corporate-backed utilities have quashed solar initiatives for years, but residents fought back.
7 Ways to Make an Even Bigger Impact When You Divest From DAPL
Closing your bank account is just the beginning.
Is Your Bank Funding Big Oil? Here鈥檚 How to Find One That Isn鈥檛
You have an entire industry of ethically minded banks and financial institutions to choose from.
鈥淢y Whole Heart Is With You Tonight鈥�: A Letter to the Dakota Access Front Line
We have survived this nation-state鈥檚 will for us because we are a fire that their water cannons cannot extinguish.
Why the 鈥淩ule of Law鈥� Is a Powerful Idea for Standing Rock
Although the governor cites the rule of law in his eviction order, the Sioux have this: the Constitution鈥檚 Article 6, declaring 鈥渢reaties as the Supreme Law of the Land.鈥�
How Northwest Tribes Joined Forces to Beat Fossil Fuel Initiatives
Their victories have been inspiring to members of the Standing Rock Sioux in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline.
My Desperate Search for Environmentally Friendly Underwear
The apparel and textile industry is one of the world鈥檚 biggest polluters. But can consumers shape a greener fashion industry with our shopping choices?
How Creative Repurposing of Industrial Scrap Is Holding Off a Neighborhood鈥檚 Gentrification
25-year old Scrap Exchange partners with Durham, North Carolina, residents to build an innovative arts district.
Sheriffs Refuse to Send Troops to Standing Rock as Public Outrage and Costs Mount
North Dakota is stretched thin in its battle to protect the Dakota Access pipeline construction: Costs are nearing $15 million, and police reinforcements are diminishing.
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