An Indigenous Perspective on Reconnecting With the Land
鈥淥nce we collectively feel this connection, this relationship, we can then begin to understand the responsibility we have鈥攖he responsibility that I feel, and that my ancestors felt.鈥�
Water
A Conservation Project in Jamaica Puts Community First
The endorsement and buy-in of critical stakeholders, like fishers, can make or break a conservation project. So fishers were invited to the table as the project took shape.
We Now Have a Universal Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment
The UN declaration is more than moral posturing. Resolutions like this one have led to effective treaties and national laws.
Would You Drink Beer Made From Wastewater?
Repurposing water (with treatment, of course) is a safe way to help communities build water resilience in the face of growth and climate change.
How Salt Marshes Prevented Development but Forever Changed Wetlands in the South Bay
Near San Francisco, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is attempting to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
A Growing Movement to Reclaim Water Rights for Indigenous People
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
What if Legal Personhood Included Plants, Rivers, and the Planet?
A new podcast explores the rights of nature movement and its potential to shift Western legal doctrine around environmental protection.
Community Efforts to Clean Up Contaminated Water in One California Town
鈥淟awmakers need to figure out better ways to balance the interests of industry with protecting people鈥檚 health.鈥�
The Rights of Rivers
Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the long-held view of water as a human commodity. Can the same approach work in the United States鈥� arid Southwest?
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
The Colorado River Runs Again
鈥淚t鈥檚 not only about wildlife, or birds and trees. It鈥檚 also about the people.鈥�
Energy, Housing, Food, Water: What鈥檚 a Fair Share?
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
How Replanted Seagrass Is Restoring the Ocean
Two decades in to the world鈥檚 largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
In California鈥檚 Drier Future, What鈥檚 the Best Investment for Securing Water?
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
Mississippi Failed its Residents During a Crisis, So They Helped Themselves
When a winter storm knocked out water service to tens of thousands of Mississippi residents, it was Black families that were hit hardest鈥攁nd who organized their own relief efforts.
Reclaimed Water Could Be the Solution to Farming in a Drier Future
A California farm is making sure wastewater no longer goes to waste.
In 鈥淭he Whale Child,鈥� Environmental Lessons from the Deep
A new children鈥檚 book centers Native culture and our relationship with Earth.
How to Save the Sea: Lessons from an Italian Fishing Community
How one small stretch of coastline went from a hotbed of drug smuggling to a model of ecological restoration.
What Kelp Forests Can Do for the Climate
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.
For Americans Without Water Access, Coronavirus Adds Another Layer of Struggle
As Californians shelter at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak, an estimated 1 million of them lack access to clean drinking water, one of the most fundamental resources for maintaining health and hygiene.
Environmental Activists of Color
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked. This was evident in 2019 during Swedish teen climate activist Greta
When Environmentalists and the Fishing Industry Team Up, Ocean Habitats Win
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
Can鈥檛 Let the Taps Run Dry: Managing Water in an Unpredictable Climate
From southern Nevada to New York City, the climate crisis is causing ongoing water problems. The Water Utility Climate Alliance is working hard to ensure cities are prepared.
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?
In the face of the climate crisis imperiling endangered species, some activists and governments are turning to a radical, rights-based approach to protect nature.
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