Gene drive is a revolutionary new genetic technology that could help eradicate diseases and save species. But is it risk-free?
Paul Koberstein
Feature Articles
Losing Home
As rising waters eat away the land beneath their feet, many Native communities are turning into climate refugees.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
In the Shadow Of Death
Our final resting places offer safe havens for many rare plant and animal species.
Eric Freedman
Better with Beavers
How partnerships with a rodent are helping restore watersheds in the Pacific Northwest
Rob Rich
Life at River Bottom
A freshwater mussel groupie ponders what the loss of these mollusks means for humans and wildlife.
Abbie Gascho Landis
To Our Readers
Unboxing Environmentalism
Right as we were wrapping up this issue, our memberships director forwarded an email from a subscriber who said he had decided to terminate his support of Earth Island Institute because he had “a ph...
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Digging Deeper
Hope’s Edge
Action itself can be a wellspring of hope.
Anna Lappé
Earth Island Reports
Sowing Stewardship
West County DIGS
Journal Staff
Complacency Is Not an Option
California Student Sustainability Coalition
Daniel Adel
Our Family is Growing
New Earth Island Institute Projects
Journal Staff
1000 Words
Built-in Peril
Miranda Brandon
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Conversation
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Youth Voices Are Powerful
Zoe Loftus-Farren
In Review
Natural Data Detectives
Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction By Mary Ellen Hannibal The Experiment, 2016, 395 pages
Gerry Wingenbach
Achieving Self-Governance
We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States By Thomas Linzey and Anneke Campbell PM Press, 2016, 192 pages
Seth Sandronsky
Voices
Ready to Resist
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected to be the 45th president of the United States, a prominent supporter cited America’s Japanese internment as precedent for mandating a Muslim registry. I was pa...