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Skinned for Profit: How Global Trade Is Driving Africa’s Donkeys to the Brink

Millions of animals are slaughtered each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine — a trade that’s devastating many African communities.
September 22, 2025
by
Roman Goergen
Millions of animals are slaughtered each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine — a trade that’s devastating many African communities.
Commentaries

Rare Earth Metals Must Not Come at the Cost of Indigenous Rights

As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
September 17, 2025
by
Emil Siekkinen
As mining interests expand in northern Sweden, Indigenous Sámi communities face existential threats. But a sustainable and just alternative exists — urban mining.
Climate Change

Freedom of Voice: The Newcomer’s Guide to Organizing A Peaceful and Effective Protest

Are you ready to organize your first event on behalf of the planet? Here are some great ideas and tips on how to make it successful.
August 12, 2025
by
Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
Are you ready to organize your first event on behalf of the planet? Here are some great ideas and tips on how to make it successful.
Pollution & Toxins

Meet the Activist Fighting PFAS Pollution — and Winning

Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.
August 11, 2025
by
Nicole Williams
Emily Donovan wants to “make the polluters pay” for what they’ve done to her North Carolina community, and others around the country.
Environmental Books

Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
July 30, 2025
by
John R. Platt
From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
People sort through garbage as more is dumped onto a landfill
Pollution & Toxins

Closing Landfills, Throwing Away People

The Dominican Republic aims to modernize its waste-management system. But what will happen to the thousands of people — many of them undocumented — who rely on garbage to survive?
July 21, 2025
by
Raúl Zecca Castel
The Dominican Republic aims to modernize its waste-management system. But what will happen to the thousands of people — many of them undocumented — who rely on garbage to survive?
Climate Change

Freedom of Voice: A Newcomer’s Guide to Safe and Effective Protesting

How to participate in causes you believe in — in a manner that will be noticed, respected, and heard.
July 10, 2025
by
Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
How to participate in causes you believe in — in a manner that will be noticed, respected, and heard.
A drawing of a person sitting surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Pollution & Toxins

The Land Is an Ancestor We Refuse to Abandon: In the Shadows of the Hermosa Mine

A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
July 2, 2025
by
Ree Artemisa
A rural Arizona border town came together to do whatever they could to protect the land.
Pollution & Toxins

Love Canal: The Black Mothers Behind One of the Biggest Environmental Fights of the 20th Century

When a toxic waste disaster unfolded in the 1970s, a White housewife became the face of the movement. Down the street, Black mothers worked twice as hard to be heard.
June 12, 2025
by
Jessica Kurtz
When a toxic waste disaster unfolded in the 1970s, a White housewife became the face of the movement. Down the street, Black mothers worked twice as hard to be heard.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

What’s Being Done to Public Lands Is a Crime

The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.
June 6, 2025
by
John R. Platt
The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.

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