Foragers build a community of plants and people while connecting with the past
James Beard award-winning chef Alexis Nikole Nelson harvests wild food while building a community of plants and people. (Image credit: Alexis Nikole Nelson/Alexis Nikole Nelson) The post Foragers build...
View ArticleIndigenous-led coalition calls for moratorium on terrestrial carbon trade
Mina Setra remembers a time before oil palm plantations changed the landscape of her childhood home. Setra, an Indigenous Dayak Pompakng, grew up when forests surrounded her village in the Indonesian...
View ArticleSewage spill monitors extend reach to cover all England
Published52 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Fay By Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondent All of England’s storm overflows are now electronically...
View ArticleWolves win against farmers as Swiss cull put on hold
Published52 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Marco Lambertini By Imogen FoulkesBBC News, Geneva Switzerland’s mountain farmers are disappointed and angry,...
View ArticleLeopards, Nepal’s other, other big cats, face unprecedented threats
KATHMANDU — Think of big cats in Nepal, and the majestic tiger likely springs to mind, or maybe even the elusive snow leopard. But Nepal is also home to a third big cat: the common leopard (Panthera...
View ArticleMaui wildfires ruined personal treasures. A local jeweler is repairing items...
The August wildfires on the Hawaiian island erased troves of irreplaceable items — photographs, urns and mementos. One local jewelry store has been trying to help recover what the fires destroyed....
View ArticleHow to recycle your Christmas tree
Wondering what to do with your Christmas tree now that Christmas is over? NPR’s Alina Selyukh has options for you. The post How to recycle your Christmas tree appeared first on EnviroLink Network.
View ArticleIndigenous leader Danilo Villafañe dies at 49 in trying to save drowning...
Danilo Villafañe, a respected Arhuaco Indigenous leader known for his dedication to protecting the ‘Heart of the World’ in the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, died on Christmas Day at the age of 49. He was...
View ArticleIndigenous Gurung farmers revive climate-resilient millet in Nepal
LAMJUNG DISTRICT, Nepal — When the dark, heavy clouds loom over the lush hills of Ghanpokhara, Ratna Gurung knows it’s time to bring in the sun-dried foxtail millet. Before the rain begins pouring,...
View ArticleColossal pliosaur sea monster skull on display in Dorset
Published3 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, BBC/Tony Jolliffe By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis BBC News Science The skull of a colossal sea monster that was...
View ArticleHow mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience.
This story was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. As mobile home owners fight rising housing costs, some of them have hit upon a solution that also helps in the fight against climate...
View Article4 ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing...
Many companies, researchers and governments are using artificial intelligence as a tool to help with climate solutions. Here are four ways AI is now used to combat global warming. (Image credit: Jon...
View ArticleStudy: Fishing with pesticides and dynamite puts Ecuadorian Amazon in peril
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, uncontrolled illegal fishing with agrochemicals and explosives is causing long-lasting damage to aquatic ecosystems, while representing a real danger to human health, a recent...
View ArticleHow Japan’s powerful earthquakes have shifted the land
Published2 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, EPA By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The power of the magnitude 7.5 quake in Japan can be seen in just how much...
View ArticleAmazon chocolatiers: Biofactory offers ‘new way of living’ for forest...
SURUCUÁ, Brazil — In a tent in the Surucuá community in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Pará, Jhanne Franco teaches 15 local adults how to make chocolate from scratch using small-scale machines...
View ArticleIllegal gold mining devastates Peruvian Amazon river and communities
Drenched up to his thighs, while crouching at the end of our small boat as it cuts through a dizzying collection of waves, our boat captain lifts his hands and shouted a warning: “No more photos —...
View ArticleAs the world swims in plastic, some offer an answer: Ban the toxic two
In 2010, when Zimbabwe’s new Environmental Management Agency was less than 8 years old, it looked at high-priority environmental issues it should tackle. And it identified polystyrene takeout...
View ArticleUK weather: 2023 was second warmest year on record, says Met Office
Published8 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Anadolu/Getty Images By Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News Last year was the UK’s second warmest...
View ArticleAfter 20 years of prepping, a piece of land is ready to host endangered...
It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site. The post After 20 years of...
View ArticleSumatran dugong hunter struggles to adapt to changing times
BINTAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Ever since Munsa was a young man, he would quietly paddle a small boat past the mangroves on Air Glubi Island into the Kawal Sea armed with a harpoon. “Anyone can spearfish,...
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