Profit-driven urban development has disconnected us—particularly children—from the wilderness. The effects are unhealthy.
Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
A Circular Economy
Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support.
Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?
Millions of tons of palm oil are ‘missing’ from Big Food’s deforestation-free claims.
Learning From History, if We Dare
By Gary M. Feinman The New Gilded Age, wars along the Russian border, a global pandemic, battles for women’s rights, even the Titanic: history does rhyme with the present. Yet as former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert once observed: “If history tells us anything, it’s that we never learn from history.” That’s something we can […]
Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities
Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.