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The forest needs the bees: Indigenous beekeepers on the front line of Brazils vanishing rainforest
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (713+ words) By Sofia Moutinho, originally published by bio Graphic The bees are fundamental to pollinating forest plants, and the forest keeps the bees alive by supplying the nutrients they need, Ver" Mirim says. "There is no reforestation project good enough without…...
Preserving local seeds, sustaining rural life
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (677+ words) By Umed Qurbonbekov, originally published by Home Planet Fund In Tughgoz village, residents are now actively preserving and sharing local seeds to prevent them from disappearing. In Tughgoz village, located in the remote Ishkashim District of Tajikistan, agriculture is more…...
Inside the battle between Chile's salmon industry and its Indigenous peoples
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1491+ words) By Elena Basso, originally published by Open Democracy Punta Arenas, Chile. For more than a hundred years, fishermen on Capit'n Aracena, an island in Chile's southernmost territory, have told a local legend about one of the island's caves. Anybody who…...
As rising seas threaten nations like Tuvalu, what does survival without land look like?
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (468+ words) By Ben Shread-Hewitt, originally published by The Geopolitical Climate This is not a new challenge for small island developing states (SIDS). They have been staring down the barrel for a long time and, crucially, they have been planning. But the…...
On a small island in Washington, the case for conservation as stewardship
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (652+ words) By Emma Marris, originally published by bio Graphic But the island also represents something important about the future of biodiversity conservation: it will require people. Yellow Island is not a pristine relic. Its diverse meadows have been shaped by humans…...
How environmental laws are shifting the focus from humans to nature
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (338+ words) By Erika Schelby, originally published by Independent Media Institute The need to protect populations from environmental harm or contamination is not new. Whenever human welfare was imperiled, those in power within most ancient civilizations passed laws to address these issues....
Prairie Prophecy: A powerful new film on Wes Jackson and the future of agriculture
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (430+ words) By Robert Jensen, originally published by Dead Dogma Prairie Prophecy, a film about the work of ecologist Wes Jackson, is now available on PBS and is the best environmental documentary ever made. OK, I may not be a neutral critic....
Inside the Off-Grid Earthship Community in New Mexico (You Tube film review)
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (480+ words) By Frank Kaminski, originally published by Mud City Press (A You Tube film by Peter Santenello; edited by Natalia Santenello; featuring an interview with Michael Reynolds, founder of the Earthship movement. Released Nov. 15, 2025. Running time: 64 minutes. You Tube link) The…...
Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (572+ words) By David Bollier, originally published by David Bollier blog Humanity cannot continue to expand production and consumption exponentially on a finite planet." It's biophysically impossible. The carbon emissions are already producing more volatile weather patterns, more frequent floods, droughts, and…...
Do Beavers Care About Climate Justice?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (190+ words) Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. By Evelyn Byrne, originally published by Resilience. org Evelyn Byrne is a writer, print-maker and environmentalist. A 2023 Poetry Society Young Critic, her work explores what it means to connect: fungal networks, Facebook algorithms and…...