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Raising Salmon
In British Columbia, First Nations’ diverse approaches to fish farming highlight the tension between economic opportunity and preserving cultural and ecological values.
David Moskowitz
Feature Articles
Carbon Conundrum
A Native Alaskan company’s promise to save its forests benefits local ecosystems, but given the zero-sum game that’s carbon offsets, it delays meaningful action on climate change.
Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate
Caught in theCrossfire
An arid country with mismanaged water resources, Iran is on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Yet it is persecuting experts who could help it chart a path for the difficult decades to come.
Eric Randolph
The Little Fern That Could
Azolla once pulled trillions of tons of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. Does this ancient, unassuming plant have more tricks up its sleeve?
Anna Gibbs
Keep Out...Come Again
The underbelly of American-styled conservation in the Indian Himalayas.
Yardain Amron
To Our Readers
Hold Up Your Light
We need to show our leaders the path forward out of these dark times.
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Digging Deeper
The Long Fight for a Just Food System
Fifty years ago, my mother exposed the damage caused by our energy-intensive, environmentally devastating food production system. The struggle to change it continues.
Anna Lappé
Earth Island Reports
Growing Climate Resiliency
North-South collaboration models bio-intensive agriculture and fosters women’s leadership.
Godliver Businge and Suzanne York
Slew of Logging Bills Would Worsen Wildfires as well as Climate Change
What is missing in this fog of cynical political opportunism is a candid discussion of the wildfire science.
Chad Hanson
1000 Words
A Vision for the Future
Artist-writer-backpacker Obi Kaufmann illustrates the character of California’s natural landscape — and urges an “actionable hope” to protect it.
Austin Price
Conversation
The Forest Service Needs to Diversify
Gloria Brown was the Forest Service’s first African American woman forest supervisor. Now she wants to help the agency grow into the equitable organization she knows it can be.
Betsy L. Howell
In Review
A Wild Education
'My Octopus Teacher' shows us that learning can come from unexpected sources, eight-armed or otherwise, if we keep our minds open.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
The Cost of Convenience
A deep dive into the convenience and efficiency that define food retail, its “blessings of uniformity,” and its hidden human costs.
Austin Price
Voices
Fighting for Our Future
I’m suing the Canadian government because my culture and my history and my family’s livelihood is at risk due to its inaction on climate change.
