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Once a thriving inland sea, the Aral has become a cautionary tale of ecological collapse, political neglect, and uneven recovery, as efforts in Kazakhstan are bringing about a slow revival in the north, while Uzbekistan’s extractivist priorities leave the south gasping for life.
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
Local and rural cooperative utilities can use community solar to meet unique place-based clean energy needs.
Are our dietary choices are linked to brain function? Brain scans and social media may offer clues.
The “lungs of North America,” the Tongass National Forest is the Earth’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Protecting it means protecting the entire planet.
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
By Laurel Sutherlin in Environment | Rainforest Action Network and Earth Food Life Project | English
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
A new framework for planetary health reveals that our Industrial Age mindset—not human needs—is the real driver of environmental collapse.
Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures are causing plants to increase their pollen production.
By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Environmental Health
Women are more supportive of pro-environmental policies, but they’re generally not in a position to make such decisions.
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For those willing to brave extended treks in nature, the world’s best long hikes offer challenges and amazing rewards.
Photographs, storytelling, poetry, and well-documented research unveil the immense suffering, ecological devastation, worker exploitation, and economic injustice caused by the animal agricultural industry.
From the sacred peaks of Aotearoa to the rivers of Colombia and the contested waters of Lake Erie, a global movement is emerging to grant the natural world legal personhood, driven by Indigenous worldviews and a growing call for environmental justice.
By Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas and Mohammad Golam Sarwar in Environment | Island Press and Earth Food Life Project | English
Experimenting on monkeys is cruel—and keeping them is a threat to public health.
The carrot has followed armies, colonial explorers, and politicians to become one of the world’s most prized vegetables.
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to the world’s new pollution problem.
The majestic elephant, while beloved by the public, faces danger and adversity in both captivity and the wild.
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
No version of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), part of the Clean Water Act, adequately protects the nation’s natural areas.
Purpose-driven travel offers unforgettable experiences that foster environmental stewardship, cultural connection, and lasting impact.
Human-related causes leave birds susceptible to injury and death.
Climate change, debt, and development have a caustic relationship, hindering economic justice and national advancement, but solutions exist.
Reintroducing European bison to Britain, despite their absence from its history, could help restore ecological balance by fostering biodiversity and reversing some of the damage caused by industrial farming practices.
Ringling Bros. has stopped using animals, but hundreds of elephants still languish at circuses and zoos.
Wet markets are perfect breeding grounds for pathogens that can jump from animals to humans.
Listening to birds benefits our mental health, leading to less stress and paranoia.
As marijuana use grows, accidental intoxication in animals is becoming more common, raising questions about safety, regulation, and the need for better research.
Preserving biodiversity is among the most urgent issues of our time, and it needs to be addressed regionally to succeed.
We must ensure ecocentric standards to reverse environmental and social injustices.
By Esther Afolaranmi, Carter Dillard, Beatrix Homler and Mwesigye Robert in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English
Leaving river protections to states doesn’t make sense when rivers cross state lines.
Our existing water supplies could go further by turning wastewater into drinking water.
Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy—it’s adding to it.
By Richard Heinberg in Environment | Post Carbon Institute and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Renewable Energy
Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi and cell towers may pose a “credible risk” to birds, mammals, insects, and even plants.
Society’s addiction to palm oil—the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil—is killing critically endangered Sumatran elephants.
By Laurel Sutherlin in Animal Rights | Earth Food Life Project and Rainforest Action Network | English | Guide to Conscious Consumption
Nuclear power has promise and peril, posing many challenging questions for environmentalists.
Countless dairy cows experience a shocking level of cruelty every day at factory farms.
Milk made from plants is entering the public consciousness (and stomachs) in coffee shops across the globe.
By Mikhala Kaseweter in Animal Rights | Better Food Foundation and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Conscious Consumption
A changing climate and population growth are fueling water-based conflicts across the African continent.
By Robin Scher in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | November 22, 2022 | Guide to Environmental Health
Lack of governmental oversight of factory farms has created a public health crisis of antibiotic-resistance diseases in people.
Despite centuries of domestication, the call of the wild has always been in the chicken’s heart.
We are closer to nuclear disaster than ever before.
Americans eat more meat per capita than any other country, even though meat consumption is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
By Jennifer Barckley in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and The Humane League | English | Guide to Conscious Consumption
Factory farms are harmful to animals, the environment, local communities, and public health. We need a more logical and just food system.
If the internet were a country, it would be the sixth biggest user of electricity.
It is clear that plastic is choking the planetary environment. What is less clear is the impact of plastic on human bodies.
By Robin Scher in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | March 9, 2019 | Guide to Environmental Health
Reducing global inequality and saving the planet from climate catastrophe are intertwined. Let’s address both at once.
Our food system is linked to an economic system fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
Progress is being undone by growth, especially as the climate crisis deepens.
Nineteenth-century activists revolutionized attitudes toward nonhuman animals amid cultural, economic, and moral shifts in a rapidly changing nation.
By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy in Animal Rights | Earth Food Life Project and Human Bridges Project | English | February 3, 2025
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry.
How to build a relationship with a hawk—and learn about nature, life, and love in the process.
Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern.
The industrialized food system is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it is not a major topic at climate talks.
If it wasn’t shade-grown, your coffee most likely destroyed forest cover and wildlife habitat.
By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | October 3, 2018 | Guide to Conscious Consumption
In its illogical support of Big Dairy, the U.S. government is misleading the public and padding the pockets of one industry over another.
A genetically engineered chestnut tree may be the first to spread into forests, setting dangerous global precedents.
By Anne Petermann in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and Global Justice Ecology Project | English
Here are five surprising ways to reconsider your backyard so it can promote native plants while also protecting wildlife.
By Daniel Klem Jr., Doug Tallamy and Jim Cubie in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Climate and Environmental Action
Eating locally reduces your ecological footprint, but studies show what you eat may be even more important.
To prevent the worst climate scenarios, carbon emissions must be slashed to net-zero by 2050.
As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
By Dan Ross in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
Experts warn that continued world population growth will make things worse.
America’s highest court has limited the EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions.
A key to fighting climate change could be right under our feet.
By Dan Ross in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
Several EU nations have embraced biomass electricity, which speeds up carbon emissions, pollution and forest destruction.
By Danna Smith in Environment | Dogwood Alliance and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Renewable Energy
When global leaders won’t save our food system, cities take the lead.
By Anita Krajnc, Laura Lee Cascada and Nital Jethalal in Animal Rights | Earth Food Life Project | English
People are growing less tolerant to violence against animals, and lawmakers are responding. But more needs to be done.
We can no longer rely on simple solutions like recycling to solve our plastic waste problem.
By Lydia Chodosh in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Conscious Consumption
Lab-grown meat is a sustainable and ethical alternative to traditional meat. It offers the same taste and texture while reducing animal suffering, environmental impact, and health risks.
Since you know your community best, you are in the best position to become a local environmental leader.
Known by its brand name Roundup, glyphosate is a clear and present danger to human health.
Not only does hydroelectric power fail to prevent catastrophic climate change, but it also renders countries more vulnerable to climate change while emitting significant amounts of methane, one of the worst greenhouse gases.
By Eugene Simonov and Josh Klemm in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and International Rivers | English | Guide to Renewable Energy
With more farmers today than at almost any point in history, humanity’s future will likely be agrarian. We must imagine that world into being.
By Chris Smaje in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
A city in the middle of the desert with less rainfall than any other in the nation was bound to have a water problem.
Wolves benefit the entire ecosystem they inhabit. So why hunt them?
Sleep is a biological necessity, but it remains a mysterious phenomenon we don’t fully understand.
Birth equity is essential for ecological security.
By Esther Afolaranmi and Carter Dillard in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and Fair Start Movement | English
The Bureau of Land Management is misleading the American people about the nation’s wild horses and burros.
Major U.S. brands involved in the meat industry are causing enormous environmental destruction.
Bioenergy companies are clear-cutting American forests to heat and electrify Europe. This broken system harms public health, the environment, and the climate.
The seven steps that could help build a social movement and ensure a sustainable future.
Marine heat waves are causing record-breaking ocean temperatures that kill animals and impact ocean-based industries.
Veganic agriculture is the food revolution for the modern world.
The growing emergence of diseases from animals suggests that we need to rethink our reliance on animals as a food source.
By Vicky Bond in Animal Rights | The Humane League and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Environmental Health
Every piece of bacon comes from a unique personality.
Modern sustainability evolved from forest management of the 18th century, and its ancient roots go back even further. Could it help with today’s climate crisis and lumber shortage?
Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering of sentient beings.
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court.
We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.
More than a million Namibians lack adequate access to toilets, resulting in one of the world’s highest rates of open defecation.
Genetically engineered eucalyptus will worsen a bad situation in Brazil.
By Orin Langelle and Steve Taylor in Environment | Global Justice Ecology Project and Earth Food Life Project | English
Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue.
Plastic particles and chemicals pollute all of our bodies. But people living on the fencelines of the fossil fuel, plastic, and waste industries face even more life-threatening pollution.
Palm oil is found in 50 percent of all consumer goods. And it’s killing the environment.
A nationally protected wildlife reserve in Indonesia is under attack by popular, big-name brands.
By Laurel Sutherlin in Environment | Rainforest Action Network and Earth Food Life Project | English
Malawi’s farmers—mostly women—lost their land, livestock, and livelihoods after a storm. They are struggling to recover in a nation considered one of the world’s most affected by extreme weather events.
Middle school student activists write to their elected representatives to urge climate action.
The U.S. beef industry is destroying the American Wild West and worsening the climate crisis.
Millions of tons of palm oil are ‘missing’ from Big Food’s deforestation-free claims.
Water pressures like droughts are intensifying due to global warming and population growth. Treating wastewater is a powerful solution, finally gaining more public support.
Eating animal products is analogous to the oppressive and unjust actions by powerful humans upon other humans.
Unchecked human activity is clearing the skies of flying animals and insects.
Untreated windows can be deadly for wild birds—hummingbirds are particularly at risk.
Unfair family planning regimes have stalled progress in the climate fight and prevent children from having a fair start in life.
By Ashley Berke, Carter Dillard, Beatrix Homler and Rei Stone-Grover in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English
The strategy used by Big Tobacco is called state or “ceiling” preemption: promoting weaker state public health laws to override stronger local laws.
Decades of toxic contamination at Camp Lejeune have left veterans, military families, and civilians with devastating health issues.
Profit-driven urban development has disconnected us—particularly children—from the wilderness. The effects are unhealthy.
Time-proven acequia irrigation systems already in use in New Mexico make it possible for people to thrive in arid regions.
States have powerful legal tools to counter federal environmental rollbacks, from enacting stronger local regulations to forming interstate coalitions that protect natural resources and public health.
Bats and vultures may not be widely loved, but their decline has profound negative implications for humans.
Unsustainable tourism threatens Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems, particularly in the Maasai Mara. The travel industry can help tourists contribute to the solution.
Livestock waste can contain dangerous pathogens, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.
The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.
Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity.
Under the cover of greenwashing, global insurers are fueling climate change.
Despite industry rhetoric, hydropower is high-cost and high-risk. There are better options for a renewable energy future.
By Darryl Knudsen, Deborah Moore and Michael Simon in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and International Rivers | English | Guide to Renewable Energy
Factory farming has made us think of chickens as mindless automata. But our downy friends know much more than we give them credit for.
How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods.
Biological age may really just be a number.
Massive industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate goals.
Bees are remarkable creatures, even for the mundane tasks we see them engaged in daily.
We all have a moral obligation to do the least possible harm to our planet, and that ethos has a name: veganics.
We must find a better way to prevent land use from changing.
Many U.S. veterans are suffering from asbestos-related illnesses due to past military exposure, highlighting the urgent need for a national asbestos-exposure registry to improve early detection, diagnosis, and access to VA benefits.
Regulatory loopholes allow more than 30 million pounds of a cancer-causing pesticide to be sprayed on U.S. crops.
We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?
By Alicia Graef, Carrie P. Freeman and Debra Merskin in Animal Rights | In Defense of Animals and Earth Food Life Project | English
Workers were documented killing piglets by smashing their heads against the ground.
Here’s a frightening peek into our climate-addled future.
Seventy-five percent of new or emerging diseases that harm humans start in non-human animals.
It is possible to ‘grow’ leather without raising and killing animals.
Chemists are manipulating carbon dioxide to make clothing, mattresses, shoes, and more.
By Ann Leslie Davis in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to the Plastic Crisis
Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.
Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.
Most plastic is tossed after minutes of use, but its impact on wildlife and the environment can last for centuries.
Direct sales and the organic label are not enough to keep family-scale farms viable.
The average American believes the false narrative that natural gas is a “clean fuel.”
Bioenergy is often seen as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to other forms of energy generation. But the truth is that it can actually be quite harmful to the environment.
By Sam Davis in Energy | Dogwood Alliance and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Renewable Energy
The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law.
Broken child welfare policies have undermined political systems and destroyed the planetary ecosystem.
Many nonprofits have accepted family planning policies that are harmful to women, children, and the environment.
The eco-footprint of the wine industry is significant, and some wineries are taking steps to reduce their impact. For conscious consumers, it’s about knowing what to look for.
By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | March 26, 2020 | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
It’s a harsh reality for the climate: What’s already been emitted must be sucked out of the air, too.
When it comes to maintaining energy flows, there is a closing window to avert both climate catastrophe and economic peril.
Hydropower dams, initially celebrated as feats of engineering, are now scrutinized for their negative environmental and societal impacts.
Switching to organic products is an easy way to eat healthier and support the environment.
Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.
Decades of unjust land use decisions have deliberately shaped and harmed communities. But there are concrete actions you can take to make positive changes.
By Cate Mingoya-LaFortune in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and Island Press | English | Guide to Climate and Environmental Action
Factory farming has devastating environmental impacts, but there are ways we can protect our vital resources.
As the European Union phases out animal research, the United States just wants more.
The immense suffering endured by factory farmed chickens is grossly inhumane. We must treat them better.
Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation.
By Laurel Sutherlin in Environment | Rainforest Action Network and Earth Food Life Project | English | April 24, 2024
Rich countries have exported climate breakdown through extractive industries, creating a “carbon colonialism.”
Harnessing the power of story may help us survive and thrive on a climate-altered planet.
By Katherine Dolan in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Climate and Environmental Action
The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.
Chemicals commonly found in consumer products have been proven to harm human health, yet they still remain legal stateside.
COVID-19, SARS, and Ebola were transmitted to humans from wild animals living in tropical forests. Destroying their habitats is killing us.
A few simple strategies for recipe curation can help newsgroups achieve their own climate goals.
Using the same land for the production of both agriculture and solar energy is a win-win for the climate and farmers.
By Tina Casey in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
It’s time to rethink our broken and unfair family planning systems.
Plastic is in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. How does it get there—and what does it mean for human health?
By Erica Cirino in Environment | Island Press and Earth Food Life Project | English | Guide to Environmental Health
Desert conditions could spread rapidly from groundwater depletion and plant destruction.
The United Arab Emirates is destroying the biodiversity of a Yemeni archipelago.
Animal whisperer Sy Montgomery argues that we share greater similarities than differences with our fellow animals, and that fact should make us reexamine our relationships with them.
By Leslie Crawford and Sy Montgomery in Animal Rights | Stone Pier Press and Earth Food Life Project | English
Pets and the industry that supports them are fueling the loss of wildlife populations around the world.
A product of entrenched, historic racism, “sacrifice zones”—designed to site pollution hot spots within communities of color—are a frontline in a largely silent, often deadly, and steadily growing health crisis across the United States.
Endangered animals may get more attention from the public, but without plants, humans won’t survive.
Less than 10 percent of the plastic used in the United States is recycled.
By Mary Mazzoni in Environment | Earth Food Life Project | English | October 17, 2018 | Guide to the Plastic Crisis
Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns.
Investing in grid infrastructure would enable utilities to incorporate modern technology, making the grid more resilient and flexible.
As the world burns—and as kids sound the alarm—the original environmental scientist is worth revisiting.
We have a new major environmental problem on our hands.
By focusing the climate fight on what we emit, not what we consume, we are destined to fail.
We can empower children to be a part of the solution.
State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law.
Smaller, more sustainable families would create massive long-term savings and catalyze sustainable development.
Fossil fuel stakeholders have been seeking new revenue in the petrochemical industry in general, and plastics in particular.
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.
By Carter Dillard in Environment | Earth Food Life Project and Fair Start Movement | English | Guide to Climate and Environmental Action
The nascent industry of next-gen materials is set to dethrone unsustainable animal-based materials.
Cataclysmic wildfires have been increasing in intensity and frequency due to human-caused climate change.
Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend.
By Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Darryl Knudsen and Irikefe V. Dafe in Environment | International Rivers and Earth Food Life Project | English
Edited by Reynard Loki, Earth • Food • Life explores the critical and often interconnected issues facing the climate/environment, food/agriculture, and nature/animal rights, and champions action—specifically, how responsible citizens, voters, and consumers can help put society on an ethical path of sustainability that respects the rights of all species who call this planet home. Earth • Food • Life emphasizes the idea that everything is connected, so every decision matters.
Associated Authors
Jim Cubie, JD, is a consultant to the Muhlenberg College Center for Ornithology where he advises on bird safety and native plants.
Kate Petty is an educator, writer, yoga teacher, and activist.
Debra Merskin, PhD, is a professor of media studies in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon and is a co-founder of Animals and Media.
Delcianna Winders is an associate professor of law and the director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus and Global Just Transition at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Eugene Simonov is the international coordinator of the Rivers without Boundaries Coalition.
Erica Cirino is a writer, artist, and author who explores the intersection of the human and more-than-human worlds.
Dr. David Hastings is a distinguished oceanographer and educator with extensive expertise in marine geochemistry, climate change indicators, and microplastics research.
Laura Lee Cascada is the campaigns director for the Better Food Foundation and the founder of the Every Animal Project, a collection of true tales reshaping our relationship with animals.
John J. Berger is an environmental science and policy specialist, prize-winning author, and journalist.
Vicky Bond is a veterinary surgeon, animal welfare scientist, and the former president of The Humane League.
David Blanton is a writer, photographer, conservationist, and environmental activist. He is the founder of Friends of Serengeti.
Lucy Goodchild van Hilten is a writing fellow at Earth • Food • Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. She has served as assistant editor of Microbiology Today and senior marketing communications manager for Life Sciences at Elsevier. She holds an MSc degree in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from Imperial College London.
Richard Heinberg is senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and the author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival.
Jairus James is an environmental and animal rights advocate.
Peter Christie is a science journalist and author who writes frequently about conservation.
Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and co-founder of Homegrown National Park.
Danna Smith is the founder and executive director of Dogwood Alliance.
Tia Schwab is a former news fellow for Stone Pier Press, a San Francisco-based environmental publishing company with a food focus. She is a graduate of Stanford University, where she studied human biology with a concentration in food systems and public health. Tia was born and raised in Austin, Texas, and she is passionate about using storytelling to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system.
Eva J. Charalambides is a photographer and vegan advocate.
Daniel Klem Jr. is the Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology and director of the Acopian Center for Ornithology at Muhlenberg College.
Mary Mazzoni is the senior editor of TriplePundit and director of TriplePundit’s Brand Studio.
Leslie Crawford is the author of Sprig the Rescue Pig and Gwen the Rescue Hen, both published by Stone Pier Press.
Lisa Jones-Engel is a primatologist.
Bill Wasik is the editorial director of the New York Times Magazine.
Jonathan Sharp is the chief financial officer at Environmental Litigation Group, PC.
Steve Taylor is a freelance journalist and the host of the podcast Breaking Green produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. She is the author of Ancient Futures (Chelsea Green, 2016) and the producer and director of the award-winning 2011 documentary “The Economics of Happiness.” Norberg-Hodge is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, the Goi Peace Prize, and the Arthur Morgan Award.
Carter Dillard is the policy adviser for the Fair Start Movement.
Katie Schmidt is the associate director of the national dam removal program at American Rivers.
Jenny Canham is a leading professional in the global animal protection sector. She is an experienced journalist and works with governments, corporations and the public to achieve critical changes for animals.
She is the Director of Outreach and Engagement at Animal Outlook, a leading U.S. animal protection organization.
Emilia A. Leese is an author, re-wilder, podcast host, public speaker, and magazine editor.
Gary Belan is the senior director of clean water supply at American Rivers.
Anne Petermann is the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project.
Caroline Cox is a retired pesticide scientist. She was a staff scientist at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides from 1990 to 2006 and a research director and senior scientist at the Center for Environmental Health from 2006 to 2020.
Alessandra Korap Munduruku is a Munduruku Indigenous woman leader from Indigenous Reserve Praia do Índio in the Brazilian Amazon. She is a member of Pariri, a local Munduruku association, as well as the Munduruku Wakoborûn Women’s Association. In 2020, Alessandra won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for her work defending the culture, livelihoods and rights of Indigenous peoples in Brazil.
Adam Frank is the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester and a winner of the Carl Sagan Medal.
Elizabeth Henderson is an organic farmer. She is the co-chair of the Interstate Council policy committee of the Northeast Organic Farming Association and represents the Interstate Council on the Board of the Agricultural Justice Project.
Emma Rae Lierley is a senior communications manager at Rainforest Action Network. A lifelong writer and environmentalist, she works to harness the power of storytelling for social change.
Orin Langelle is the director of Langelle Photography and co-founder of the Global Justice Ecology Project.
Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor.
Matthew Ponsford is a London-based journalist and producer who has written for Thomson Reuters, CNN International, Financial Times, the Guardian, the Independent and Vice. Follow him on Twitter @mjponsford.
Teresa Coady is an award-winning architect, sustainability expert, and Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Sam Davis is a staff scientist at the Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI), a nonprofit that uses science, litigation, policy analysis, and strategic communications to promote policies that protect climate, ecosystems, and people.
Gigi Kellett is a managing director for Corporate Accountability.
Isabella La Rocca González is an artist, writer, and activist.
Monique Mikhail is the campaigns director of the agriculture and climate finance program at Friends of the Earth.
Josh Klemm is co-director of International Rivers.
Alicia Graef is a guardian and dog meat campaigner at In Defense of Animals. A lifelong animal lover and freelance writer with a Bachelor’s degree in animal and veterinary science, Alicia has covered issues relating to animals for more than a decade.
Katherine Dolan is a writer, editor, and researcher at the Independent Media Institute from Dunedin, New Zealand. She has held previous posts as a senior writer for Fairfax Media Custom Publishing in New Zealand and Lifestyle Magazine in Moscow, and as a copy editor for the U.S. news site NSFW Corp.
Irikefe V. Dafe has advocated for river protections in Nigeria and throughout Africa for three decades. Much of his work has focused on protecting the River Ethiope and the rights of communities who rely upon the river for food, water and their livelihoods. He is a lead organizer of the First National Dialogue on Rights of Nature in Nigeria. He is also the founder and CEO of River Ethiope Trust Foundation and an expert member of the UN Harmony with Nature Initiative.
Beatrix Homler is an animal and human rights activist.
Ashley Berke is co-executive director at Fair Start Movement.
Marc Bekoff is an ethologist, behavioral ecologist, compassionate conservationist, and author. He is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Sonja Smith is an award-winning journalist based in Namibia. She is a member of the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism and a correspondent for the Associated Press. Smith has worked for various Namibian media outlets, including Confidente, the Windhoek Observer, and the Namibian.
Ginger Fedak is a lifelong animal welfare advocate and horse professional, having spent decades teaching about and advocating for domestic and wild horses.
Suren Moodliar is the editor of the journal Socialism and Democracy and coordinator of encuentro5, a movement-building space in downtown Boston. He is the coauthor of Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It (Routledge, 2023).
Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and author of 31 books of nonfiction for adults and children. She is the recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association.
Esther Afolaranmi is an attorney, humanitarian, researcher, and writer. She is co-executive director of the Fair Start Movement.
Robin Scher is a freelance writer and journalist based in South Africa.
L. Michelle Moore is the CEO of Groundswell, a nonprofit that builds community power by connecting solar and energy efficiency.
Chris Smaje has co-worked on a small farm in Somerset, southwest England, since 2007. Smaje is the author of A Small Farm Future, writes a blog at about farming, ecology, and politics, and is a featured author at resilience.org.
Lorraine Chow is the stewardship and outreach coordinator at the Santa Fe Watershed Association.
Lydia Chodosh is a writer, designer, and fine artist based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Laurel Sutherlin is the senior communications strategist for Rainforest Action Network. He is a lifelong environmental and human rights campaigner as well as a naturalist and outdoor educator with a passion for birds and wild places. Follow him on Twitter @laurelsutherlin.
Carrie P. Freeman, PhD, is a professor of communication at Georgia State University and is a co-founder of Animals and Media.
Kevin Fitzgerald is a veterinarian, author, educator, comedian, and television personality.
Karen Davis, PhD, (1944–2023) was the president and founder of United Poultry Concerns. She was an award-winning animal rights activist and the author of numerous books.
Mikhala Kaseweter, MSc, advances right relationships with nonhuman animals through her work at the Better Food Foundation.
Jimmy Videle is a farmer, naturalist, and researcher. He is the author of The Veganic Grower’s Handbook: Cultivating Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs from Urban Backyard to Rural Farmyard and the co-founder of NAVCS-Certified Veganic. His writing has appeared in CounterPunch, Countercurrents, and LA Progressive, among others.
Freddie Clayton is an investigative journalist with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, focusing on environmental themes, specifically water and sanitation issues worldwide.
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner is a writing fellow at Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, AlterNet, Architectural Digest, Travel & Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, and other publications.
Jenipher Changwanda is a Malawian journalist specializing in gender reporting for the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism.
Nina Jackel is the founder of Lady Freethinker, a nonprofit media organization dedicated to exposing and stopping the suffering of animals, humans, and the planet. Find them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Erika Schelby is the author of Liberating the Future from the Past? Liberating the Past from the Future? (2013) and Looking for Humboldt and Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond (2017). Schelby lives in New Mexico.
Ann Leslie Davis is an award-winning freelance journalist.
Dr. Stephen Buchmann is a pollination ecologist specializing in bees and an adjunct professor with the departments of entomology and of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona.
Mwesigye Robert is the founder of the Rejoice Africa Foundation.
Nital Jethalal is a policy analyst and economist. He currently serves as strategist and policy advisor for the Plant Based Treaty and also oversees economics and policy research for Plant Based Data. Nital is also the president of VegTO and a director at the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank.
Charles Derber is a professor of sociology at Boston College and has written 25 books. Most recently, he coauthored Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It (Routledge, 2023).
Tina Casey has been writing about sustainability, the global energy transition, and related matters since 2009. She is a regular contributor to CleanTechnica and TriplePundit, where she also focuses on corporate social responsibility and social issues.
Anita Krajnc is executive director of the Animal Save Movement and global coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty initiative.
Derek Gow is a farmer, nature conservationist, and author.
Brittany Michelson is an animal rights activist, writer and former teacher.
For more than two decades, Darryl Knudsen has channeled the power of civil society movements to create enduring, positive change toward social and environmental justice for the underrepresented. Darryl holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and a BA from Dartmouth College. He served as the executive director of International Rivers.
Alex Crisp is the host of the Future of Foods Interviews podcast.
Jennifer Barckley is the vice president of communications at The Humane League.
