By Woodruff Laputka, Melissa Berns, The Community of Old Harbor, The Revelator
I contemplate how the bison found their way here — from Kodiak, from Yellowstone, via tribal networks — from the brink of extinction to grow in another place, where they’re once again stewarded by an Indigenous tribe.
By Trevor Decker Cohen, Shareable
The true wealth of Appalachia isn’t underground, but within its people. Coalfield elevates the Appalachian values of “gumption, grit, and grace.” They’re the same qualities that allowed people to make a living in the mountains for generations.
By Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth
Normal will end, probably has ended in spite of all our efforts and bleating, because it is artificial and unsustainable. Reality wins every time.
By Alison Guzman, Ignacio Krell, Resilience.org
Throughout history, and now more than ever, learning from First Nations and the traditional knowledge they offer may be the key to our resilience as living beings “to survive well together” in the Anthropocene.
By Abaki Beck, YES! magazine
What is most important to Myers, though, is that the Yurok’s participation in California’s cap-and-trade program has strengthened tribal members’ relationship to their traditional territory.
By Monica Evans, Landscape News
Most Indigenous communities hold intimate place-based knowledge, gained across generations, which is an ideal starting point for addressing contemporary challenges such as biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change.
By Tracy L. Barnett, Esperanza Project
It was the native Wixárika people—better known internationally by their Spanish name, the Huicholes—who galvanized a global movement with their call for help.
By Tristan Partridge, Open Democracy
To be successful, páramo protection will need to be led by the Indigenous and campesino communities who share the richest histories and everyday entanglements with these unique lands.
By Regina Scheyvens, Apisalome Movono, The Conversation
But our research shows how people are surviving – and in some cases, thriving – in the face of significant loss of income. This is due in part to their reliance on customary knowledge, systems and practices.
By Vicki Robin, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Resilience.org
Julian Brave NoiseCat is Vice President of Policy & Strategy for Data for Progress and Narrative Change Director for the Natural History Museum. Julian provides his insight on What Could Possibly Go Right?
By Dennis Tabaro, The Ecologist
We must learn from our elders, so we can enjoy abundant gardens, nutritious food and a closeness to Nature for many generations to come.
By Brian Davey, Feasta
In preparing for disaster – and re-developing after disaster occurs – we must guide the redevelopment with a new kind of political economy that is socially just AND pulls back economic activity from recreating the same problems over and again.