How nitrogen fertilizers changed the food system. Part 1.
Nitrogen (N) is on the one hand an essential nutrient for all life forms and the building block for proteins, and on the other hand a pollutant causing many negative environmental and human health impacts.
May 21, 2024
No, AI Won’t Outsmart Our Climate Calamity
Artificial intelligence devours vast energy while clouding the human wisdom that might save us.
May 21, 2024
The Climate Beneath Our Feet
What happened to the two-legged approach to climate? The land leg proved “incommodious,” as Millan puts, so the two were split. The CO2 leg, championed by the IPCC, strode into the climate spotlight to save humanity, while the land-change leg, housed under the IGBP, remained behind for further research.
May 21, 2024
A new and silent land grab is underway – we must stop it
Securing land and preventing land grabbing must go hand-in-hand with inclusive, redistributive forms of economic development.
May 20, 2024
The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
From the banks of Wounded Knee Creek to the White Earth reservation, this spring, more seeds will be planted for the New Green Revolution. Bringing life back to the soil is work, but these farmers are doing it. Fields of dreams, indeed.
May 20, 2024
The race to end fossil fuel production
Given all this Green rhetoric and crude (oil) action, it’s hard to find examples around the world where people are actually doing something to end fossil fuel production.
May 20, 2024
Eating at the Old Growth Table
At the Old Growth table, we honor the ingredients as the wisdom keepers they are. And we humbly nod to the Ancestors who have kept our birthrights and lifeways intact.
May 17, 2024
The Dirt On Soil
In this series we explore why soil health matters, how it’s related to our worsening climate crisis, and what individuals and communities can do to protect it.