Why I paint endangered species as sacred icons
I started painting endangered species the way I once painted saints and angels. Each painting became a kind of prayer and an appeal to our capacity to widen our love and awaken our conscience.
Angela Manno
The Australian oyster reef revival
A successful restoration project on the Adelaide coast is raising hopes for the future of a long-lost ecosystem.
Inside the struggle to dismantle America’s greenhouse gas data
New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.
Are we in a multipolar world yet?
Everyone is now on board with the theory of multipolarity. But now that it’s mainstream that unipolarity is dead, it’s time to ask: is the world actually becoming multipolar?
What fighting back actually looks like
In an old cottonwood tree in Arizona, a small group of Americans are doing what lawsuits and letters couldn’t.
Four food safety laws under threat from the ‘Save Our Bacon Act’
For several years now, a few Republican lawmakers and their Big Ag allies have pushed federal legislation to effectively preempt, or block, state food safety and animal welfare laws.
Building an earthship in South Australia – YouTube documentary review
More than just a record of the build, the film is a thoughtful exploration of the knowledge, values and community spirit behind Earthship construction.
From seeds to survival: A farmer’s story from Tajikistan
For a farming community that depends on seasonal consistency, climate change creates uncertainty at every stage of production.
How an ecosystem restoration community is regenerating water cycles to mitigate forest fires in Portugal
Rewetting and restoring wetlands, building small dams, and restoring streams create landscape-level discontinuities that interrupt how fire propagates by putting water back into the land rather than letting it run off. EcoAtivo is one organisation putting this directly into practice.
Researchers are finding evidence that fish feel pain. What does that mean for the ethics of seafood?
Fish are often treated as reflex-bound creatures, bodies without minds. Yet, study by study, from anatomy labs to behavioural experiments, mounting evidence to the contrary has emerged.
‘Activism is not just about political change, it is about spiritual alignment’: Interview with activist Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn
Activist Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn discusses food sovereignty, Māori leadership and challenging colonial frameworks in an interview with Agroecology Now!
The Tainterian dynamic and the advent of the ‘Great Simplification’ – Part Two
Investigating how and why complex societies or civilizations have risen and fallen in human history, anthropologist and historian Joseph Tainter uncovered a dynamic that can help us make sense of our present situation and future prospects.
