Amid Election Chaos, Communities Show Where the Real Power Is
In every community I visited, I found people working hard to lay a different foundation for our society.
Environment
Tribes Create Their Own Food Laws to Stop USDA From Killing Native Food Economies
From blue corn to bison, narrow federal food-safety codes impact tribal food systems. But advocates are writing their own food laws to preserve Native food sovereignty.
When the Police Came, I Didn鈥檛 Risk Arrest. So What Was My Role at the Break Free Climate Action?
I had held at bay the question of whether I wanted to participate in direct action. But I also knew it was the heartbeat of this diverse movement.
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Legalized Civil Disobedience
The first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.
Choosing a President in a Time of Climate Crisis
Our next president must be someone who understands the science of climate change and can build a clean energy future.
Only Six Years After BP Oil Disaster, Gulf Coast Is Faced With New Drilling
Still recovering from the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Gulf Coast activists battle the threat of new offshore oil wells.
Tiny Houses Are Cute, But Can You Actually Cook a Meal in One?
As an avid cook I wondered what orchestrating a sizable meal would be like in the two-burner kitchen of a 250-square-foot home. So I gave it a try with my favorite recipe.
After a Century In Decline, Black Farmers Are Back And On the Rise
These Black farmers don鈥檛 stop at healthy food. They鈥檙e healing trauma, instilling collective values, and changing the way their communities think about the land.
Why the Economy Should Stop Growing鈥擜nd Just Grow Up
鈥淗ow do we grow the economy?鈥� is an obsolete question. Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies.
How Iowa Became the Nation鈥檚 Leader In Wind Energy
Even though Iowa is typically associated with red state politics, everyone there seems to agree that wind power makes economic sense for one of the windiest states in the country.
What鈥檚 a Carbon Farmer? How California Ranchers Use Dirt to Tackle Climate Change
Scientists believe that simple land management techniques can increase the rate at which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in soils.
What Small Farms Need to Compete With Corporate Food
Most small farms have to follow the same rules as big corporate ones. In Maine, flexible food ordinances have increased the number of small farmers.
National Parks Are Used Mostly By Older White People. Here鈥檚 Why That Needs to Change
With its history of segregation, the Park Service has had a rocky relationship with race. But if youth of color don鈥檛 connect with the outdoors, who will be its future stewards?
In Photos: The Indigenous Protectors of the World鈥檚 Most Sacred Places
All around the world, sites sacred to indigenous people are besieged by mining, tourism, and other threats. Meet the groups safeguarding and restoring them.
This Earth Day, Listen Up: Mother Earth Is Calling Us Back
Those of us who succumbed to the false promises of Western consumerism at great cost to the planet and to ourselves are Earth鈥檚 prodigal children now returning home.
The Seed-Saving Farmers Securing the Future of Food
The problems of鈥攁nd the solutions for鈥攐ur industrialized food system start at the most basic level: the seed.
No Fossil Fuel? No Problem鈥�7 Ways We’re Already Living 麻豆社事件 Locally
From affordable transit to local food for school lunches, many people across America are already on their way to living a life without oil.
In a Surprise Win for Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling Has Arrived
Those predicting an easy Senate defeat for mandatory labeling saw corporations fold one by one in the face of a strong food movement.
Is Human Composting the Future of Death?
Skip the formaldehyde. How your body could become beautiful soil.
Meet the Jeans-Wearing, Nature-Loving Nuns Who Helped Stop a Kentucky Pipeline
As fewer women enter the convent, what will become of Kentucky鈥檚 tradition of socially and environmentally engaged religious women?
When I Dream of the Planet in Recovery
For decades, poet-philosopher and radical environmentalist Derrick Jensen has warned us about the problems of civilization. Yet he鈥檚 a tireless activist with hope for the planet鈥檚 future.
The Seas Will Save Us: How an Army of Ocean Farmers Is Starting an Economic Revolution
Ocean farming isn鈥檛 just about food, it鈥檚 about transforming a workforce and restoring the sea.
Pay Attention! How Being Less Distracted Will Make You Happy
Researchers say we鈥檙e distracted 47 percent of our lives. Increasing our focus could help us鈥攁nd the people around us鈥攆eel happier.
Why Fixing Climate Change Is Women鈥檚 Work
Natural resource scarcity and unpredictable weather affect women first, yet they鈥檙e often the last to be heard on how to combat it. That鈥檚 slowly changing.
How Montanans Stopped the Largest New Coal Mine in North America
The defeat of what seemed unstoppable鈥擜rch Coal鈥檚 Otter Creek mine鈥攎arks an encouraging shift in the fight against Big Coal.
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