At 70, Ric O’Barry would love to be at home watering his bamboo and playing with his five-year-old daughter. Instead, he spends most of his time with people who hate him.

Environmental Justice Via Green Infrastructure

Toward a re-enchantment with Nature

We were sitting in a rental car overlooking the picturesque Japanese fishing village of Taiji when Ric O’Barry said to me, “You know, we have a lot to learn from the Japanese.” O&...

Mobilizing to Stop the Slaughter of Japan’s Dolphins and Whales

Directed by Joe Berlinger
First Run Features, 104 minutes

The Buzz on BeesAdam Federman’s story on the decimation of North American bumblebees (“Plight of the Bumblebee,” Autumn 2009) made me wonder one thing. I understand that many commerc...

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by Chris Carlsson
278 pages, AK Press, 2008

AfricaAsia EuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaAFRICAFriend Request AcceptedIn an effort to raise awareness about the conditions of threatened mountain gorillas, as well as boost their country&rsqu...

Can collecting leftover produce help us re-envision the world?

by Mike Roselle with Josh Mahan
288 pages, St. Martin’s Press, 2009

The Ghosts Did ItMore Americans believe in haunted houses than global warming. That’s the scary fact revealed by a comparison of the latest Pew poll on global warming and a recent Gallup survey....

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by Terry Tempest Williams
432 pages, Pantheon, 2008

… in One Swell Poop

Poland’s Bialowieza is one of the only old growth forests in Europe. Despite being a World Heritage Site, it’s threatened by logging.

I recently spent a weekend in the mountains of my home state of West Virginia rafting one of the world’s best whitewaters, the Gauley River. The trip was a much-needed break from graduate school...

Earth Island Institute is proud to announce its two newest projects: CarbonfreeDC is a grassroots initiative dedicated to mobilizing DC area residents toward one goal: dramatically reducing local c...

… and The Story of Stuff

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Last Summer’s Right-Wing Coup in Honduras Still Threatens Human Rights and the Environment

Building Resilience

Traditional Himas are helping protect fragile areas in Muslim nations