Women’s contributions to the seafood industry are often overlooked. Can small scale aquaculture change that?
Kate OlsonImages by Greta Rybus
Feature Articles
Death by Many Cuts
In Italy’s Puglia region, ancient olive trees have been plagued by a devastating bacteria — and an anti-science movement that has spread misinformation.
Agostino PetroniImages by Stefano Petroni
Foreign Hand
The US has long been purchasing farmland abroad. Now that questionable practice has come home to roost.
Diana Kruzman
Poisoned City
A London-based mining company polluted an Indian port city for decades before a mass-shooting forced its smelter to shut down. Local activists like Fatima Babu are fighting to keep it closed.
Colin Daileda
Poisoned Valley
Six years on, tens of thousands of Angelenos continue to suffer from the fallout of the worst gas blowout in US history.
Maureen Nandini Mitra
To Our Readers
Nature’s Nemesis
In war, people, animals, environment, everyone loses.
Maureen Nandini Mitra
The Long Game
It’s Not Easy Being Green
What if we were mutually accountable not only to the environment, but also to each other?
Carolyn Finney
Earth Island Reports
Meet the 2021 Brower Youth Award Winners
From climate justice to water conservation to plastics pollution, this year’s winners are tackling some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.
Journal Staff
Embarking on Green Careers
Earth Island projects give UC Berkeley undergraduates a head start in real-world environmental work.
Daniel Zevin
1000 Words
A World in Transition
Zaria Forman’s large-scale pastels seek to capture the visceral beauty of our rapidly changing landscapes.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
Conversation
“Last on a List of Priorities”
A veteran photographer and conservationist discusses the challenges of nature protection in Russia.
Alexander Dybin
Thirsty for Justice
Susana De Anda is on a mission to bring clean and affordable water to every Californian.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
In Review
Gazing in the Broken Mirror
In Review: Full Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World, by Mary M. Clare and Gary Ferguson
Paula MacKay
The Engineered Earth
In Review: Second Nature: Scenes from a World Remade by Nathaniel Rich
Michael Engelhard
Voices
Standing Up to Oil and Gas Bullies
I had a ringside seat to the beginning of the fracking boom and it wasn’t pretty.