The Politics of Extinction
An introduction to the most beautiful animal you’ll never see.
biodiversity
If We’re Serious about Saving Bees and Butterflies, Here’s What We Should Do
If pollinator health is made a priority, to be successful much current policy and practice must change.
Seed Libraries Fight for the Right to Share
Seeds are the forgotten heroes of food—and of life itself.
Just What Is a Hedgerow? A Few Notes on History, Form and Function
What is a domesticated yet wild landscape?
SOS: Save our Seeds
Have you ever saved seeds, joined a local seed swap or contributed to a seed library?
SELC and Shareable Kickoff Campaign to Save Seed Sharing in the U.S.
The campaign is designed to educate people about seed sharing issues, support seed sharing communities, and reform overzealous seed laws.
Coexistence: The Power of the Flerd
The power of carbon + coexistence struck me while visiting a farm in New South Wales, Australia, a few years ago.
Finding McIntosh
Trees are one way of investing in the future, so lets make our great grandkids proud and leave them something positive to remember us by.
Bees Declared Extinct 30 Years Ago Take To Skies Again
A species of bee declared extinct in the UK almost 30 years ago is flying again – thanks in part to the efforts of farmers.
Recommended Reading for the UN International Year of Soils 2015
If you never thought ‘dirt’ could be interesting or ultra important, UNU’s Robert Blasiak recommends a fascinating book demonstrating how soil management has impacted the rise and fall of civilizations.
Chalk Like an Egyptian
The authors ran their observations through a mathematical model and provided proof of an environmental maxim: a diverse ecological community is a strong ecological community.
The Original Geo-engineers
If we want to construct a healthy and resilient world for ourselves and our fellow creatures, we could do worse than look to the lowly beavers for hints on how it can be done.
