Think You Know What a Farmer Looks Like? Think Again
Preliminary results from the 2012 Census of Agriculture show the increasing role of women in U.S. agriculture鈥攅specially on organic and small-scale farms.
Environment
Tiny House Living, Off the Grid? Here’s How to Do It in Style
How to get electricity, water, and the Internet in your tiny home on the range.
Get Intersectional! (Or, Why Your Movement Can’t Go It Alone)
"Intersectionality" has evolved from a theory of how oppression works to a notion of how people can fight it.
Defending the Earth, Even After Death: The Green Burial Movement
The greenest burial places essentially transform the cemetery into a nature preserve鈥攁nd a "posthumous occupation" of a $20 billion funeral industry.
A New Story for a New Economy
David Korten's new essay (available to read as a PDF) connects the work of finding a new sacred story with the effort to build a new economy.
W. Virginia’s Grassroots Response to Water Crisis: A Movement in the Making?
Community responses to the Elk River chemical spill draw on West Virginia's long, proud history of grassroots work for environmental and economic justice.
Seattle Council to Governor: Protect this City (And the Climate) from Oil Trains
Beyond the dangers of derailment and explosions, Seattleites are worried about oil-by-rail shipping's effect on the climate. Here's what they did about it.
Jon Stewart on the “Insanity” of Buying Seafood with Food Stamps
What do right-wing TV anchors think low-income people should eat? Not salmon, apparently.
Meet the Ambassadors from Canada’s Indigenous Fossil Fuel Resistance
In 1885, a revolutionary leader wrote, "My people will sleep for one hundred years" and then wake up. In the "genocidal" wilderness of Canada's tar sands, that renaissance has begun.
West Virginians Raise Alarm as Research Links Coal Mining to Cancer, Birth Defects
Recent studies suggest that coal mining affects the health of everyone who lives nearby鈥攏ot just those who work in the mines.
Keystone XL “At a Standstill” After Nebraska Ruling
Local landowners and environmentalists who have long opposed the pipeline project are celebrating the decision.
West Virginians Harvest Rainwater in Wake of Chem Spill
Residents whose tap water was polluted are finding that rainwater is an affordable alternative.
A Passion for Peppers: The Movement to Save New Mexico’s Treasured Chiles
New Mexico's traditional landrace chile varieties have adapted to hot days, cold nights, and long dry spells. But can they survive modern agribusiness?
Dear Jen, Kellan, et. al: We Can End Dolphin Slaughter Without the TPP
The controversial trade deal poses serious threats to humans and the environment. We can find better tools in the fight for dolphin rights.
Darth Vader’s Death Star Created Jobs, Too! New Video Pokes Fun at Keystone Pipeline Claims
The public comment period for the Keystone XL pipeline opened on Wednesday. This video is the comment from California-based climate group Movement Generation.
Beyond Keystone XL: 8 Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change
Recent signs that Barack Obama may approve the Keystone XL pipeline have some environmentalists feeling down about the future of the climate. But huge and positive changes are quietly taking place.
A “Pay-It-Forward” Approach to Funding Solar Power
Donations to a California nonprofit don't just fund one solar installation, but circulate from one project to the next.
Do Backyard Bird Feeders Spread Salmonella? The Human Role in Avian Disease
Immunologist Peter Doherty shows us that the fate of birds and humans are more connected than we might think.
What If Winston Churchill Were Leading the Fight Against Climate Change?
"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close."
Growing Concern Over Japan’s Dolphin Hunt Leads to Widespread Outcry
The dolphin massacre depicted in the Oscar-winning film The Cove took place again this year. But the reaction to it shows a changing public mindset toward the rights of sea mammals.
Why the Smartphone Became the Lightsaber of the Environmental Justice Movement
From West Virginia to the Gulf Coast, residents of communities facing environmental problems are discovering that visual storytelling brings results. Their number-one tool is the humble smartphone.
Paradise Farmed: Inside Kaua’i’s Local Food Movement
The issue of local food is more urgent when you're more than 2,400 miles away from the nearest continent.
Fracking Standoff in Texas: One Woman’s Struggle to Stop Drilling on Her Family’s Land
Frances Shure is responsible for decisions over whether to let gas companies frack land that's been in her family for generations. The more she's learned about the process, the less willing she's been to say "yes."
Infographic: The U.S. Food That Europe Won鈥檛 Touch
13 ways the European Union differs from the U.S. on food safety issues like GMOs, hormones, questionable chemicals, and other food additives.
How a Fruit and Vegetable Auction in Rural Ohio Helps Appalachian Farmers Thrive
Produce auctions are getting fresh vegetables into food deserts, building community, and helping rural farmers earn a living.
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