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|#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Public Benefit Claims Work—and Why Their Assumptions Matter |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line='This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Agave Agroforestry Can Restore Drylands and Strengthen Climate Resilience |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This adapted excerpt is from The Regenerative Agriculture Solution by Ronnie Cummins and André Leu (Chelsea Green, 2024) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) by permission of the authors. It was adapted and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Why Wild Bats Matter to Agave, Tequila, and Desert Ecosystems |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Long History of Controlling Water—and Why It No Longer Works |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This adapted excerpt is from Jeremy Rifkin’s Planet Aqua: Rethinking Our Home in the Universe (2024, Polity Books). It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) with permission from Polity Books. It was adapted and produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Zoos Can Contribute to Disease Transmission Between Humans and Animals |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Myth of the “Feral” Cat: Understanding the Hidden Trauma of America’s Homeless Cats |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Using Food as Information to Improve Health and Well-Being |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Microplastics Threaten Marine Ecosystems and the Food Chain |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Environmental Laws Are Shifting the Focus From Humans to Nature |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Horse-Drawn Carriages Shaped Cities—And Why Animal Welfare Is Phasing Them Out |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Queer Ecology Reveals the Diversity of Nature and Human Experience |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=An earlier version of this article was published as “How Queer Ecology Reveals the Links Between LGBTQ+ Lives and Nature” by the Society of Environmental Journalists. This version was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Afro-Descendant Communities Offer a Living Blueprint for Amazon Conservation |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Bluewashed: How the Beauty Industry Sold an Ocean-Friendly Illusion |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by[https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How a Holistic Approach to Animal Care Can Awaken Human Consciousness |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Why Food and Nutrition Deserves Its Own Public School Curriculum |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=America Is Still Using Diquat, a Toxic Weedkiller Banned in Much of the World |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Why Photography Is a Powerful Tool for Justice Movements Across the World |Subtitle= |Source=Global Justice Ecology Project;Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Illegitimate Power, Illegitimate Violence: How Nations Are Built on the Backs of Disenfranchised Children |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Rising Cost of Your Morning Brew: How Climate Change Is Brewing a Coffee Crisis |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Grow Your Own Food—and a Kinder World: How Veganic Farming Can Turn Your Garden Into a Haven for All Life |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=A Tale of Two Nations: The North Aral Sea Rebounds While the South Aral Sea Dries Up |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed |Subtitle= |Source=Rainforest Action Network;Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Rethinking Climate Action: A New Guideline for Planetary Health |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How the Rights of Nature Movement Is Reshaping Law and Culture |Subtitle= |Source=Island Press;Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=Standing for Nature: Legal Strategies for Environmental Justice © 2025 by Dana Zartner, Fabien Cardenas, and Mohammad Golam Sarwar is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C. This excerpt was adapted and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Forgotten 10 Billion Lives: A Tale of Suffering, Survival, and the Fight to See Farmed Animals |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This is excerpted and adapted by Isabella La Rocca González from her book Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming Animals (Lantern Publishing, 2024). This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Captive Elephants: The Harsh Reality |Subtitle= |Source=In Defense of Animals;Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How to Help Wild Birds During Their Spring and Fall Migrations |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=An earlier version of this article was published by OneBeautifulPlanet.org. This version was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The World’s Greatest Long Hikes |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options? |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=An earlier version of this article was published by Foreign Policy in Focus. This adaptation was produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Restoring the Wild: How Reintroducing Bison Could Revive Britain’s Landscapes and Ecosystems |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This excerpt is adapted from Derek Gow’s book Birds, Beasts and Bedlam: Turning My Farm Into a Lost Ark for Species (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2022). It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) by permission of Chelsea Green Publishing and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=An earlier version of this article was published by Tom Dispatch. This version was produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How U.S. States Can Protect the Environment From Federal Rollbacks and Intervention |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=A National Asbestos-Exposure Registry of Veterans Could Combat Misdiagnosis in Mesothelioma Cases Nationwide |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Tourism Could Actually Help African Wildlife in One of Kenya’s Important National Reserves |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=An earlier version of this article was originally published by the Adventure Travel Trade Association. This adapted version was produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Monkeys Infected With Transmissible Diseases Are Trucked Across U.S.—Where’s the Transportation Department? |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=If You Believe in Social Justice, You Believe in Veganism |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This adapted excerpt of the book Think Like a Vegan (2025, Unbound) is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) by permission of the authors and was adapted and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Trophic Cascades Can Devastate Ecosystems and Endanger Human Health |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Gilded Age of Animal Advocacy: A Transformative Era for America’s Moral Compass |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project;Human Bridges Project |Credit line=This is an adapted excerpt from Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy (Knopf Doubleday, 2024). It is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) by permission of Knopf Doubleday. This adaptation was produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=States Are Doing a Terrible Job Enforcing Laws Meant to Protect Farmed Animals |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How to Make Your Home and Yard Safe for Hummingbirds |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project

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|#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Organic Farming Increases Soil Carbon and Helps Counter Climate Chang |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Chickens Are Smarter Than You Think |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This adapted excerpt is from What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery (Atria Books, 2024) and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) with permission from Atria Books. It was adapted and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Sustainability Scam: How Self-Interest Ruins Good Ideas |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project;Island Press |Credit line=This adapted excerpt is from Cate Mingoya-LaFortune’s Climate Action for Busy People (2024, Island Press). It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) with permission from Island Press. It is adapted and produced for the web by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Saving the Bumblebee Starts With Changing Our Farming Practices |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How the Psychology of Oppression Perpetuates Harm to Animals and the Environment |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This is an adapted excerpt from How to End Injustice Everywhere: Understanding the Common Denominator Driving All Injustices, to Create a Better World for Humans, Animals, and the Planet © 2023 Lantern Publishing & Media. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) by permission of Lantern Publishing & Media, Woodstock, New York. [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Chickens Lack the Most Basic Legal Protection: The Right to Humane Slaughter |Subtitle= |Source=The Humane League;Earth Food Life Project

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|#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Forests Thrive When Indigenous People Have Legal Stewardship of Their Land |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project;Rainforest Action Network |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Why Children’s Rights Are Critical for Climate Policy and Environmental Activism |Subtitle= |Source=Fair Start Movement;Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Sanitation in Namibia Is a Catastrophe for Its People and Environment |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=The Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism produced an earlier version of this article. This adaptation was produced for the Observatory by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How Sustainable Next-Gen Materials Can Create a More Ethical Consumer Market |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Ten Grim Climate Scenarios When Global Temperatures Rise Above 1.5 Degrees Celsius |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article first appeared on Truthout and was produced in partnership with [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project

|Credit line=This is an adapted excerpt from Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown, © 2023 Manchester University Press. It is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 by permission of Manchester University Press. [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life
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|#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public? |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This article was produced by [https://independentmediainstitute.org/earth-food-life/ Earth • Food • Life{{Article item |#querycondition=|Secondary source::Earth Food Life Project OR |Source::Earth Food Life Project |#querylimit=200 |#resultoffset=0 |#rowcount=223 |Article=Hummingbirds Are in Rapid Decline |Subtitle= |Source=Earth Food Life Project |Credit line=This adapted excerpt is from The Hummingbirds’ Gift by Sy Montgomery (Atria Books, 2021) and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) by permission of Atria Books. 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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
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.
Mwesigye Robert is the founder of the Rejoice Africa Foundation.
David Blanton is a writer, photographer, conservationist, and environmental activist. He is the founder of Friends of Serengeti.
Jairus James is an environmental and animal rights advocate.
Jonathan Sharp is the chief financial officer at Environmental Litigation Group, PC.
Sophie A. H. Osborn is an award-winning environmental author and wildlife biologist whose work has focused on bird conservation across the Americas.
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.
Anne Petermann is the executive director of Global Justice Ecology Project.
Ginger Fedak is a lifelong animal welfare advocate and horse professional, having spent decades teaching about and advocating for domestic and wild horses.
Jennifer Barckley is the vice president of communications at The Humane League.
Eva J. Charalambides is a photographer and vegan advocate.
Fabiana Maizza is an assistant professor in anthropology at the Federal University of São Paulo.
Jessica Pierce is a bioethicist and author of numerous books.
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.
Anita Krajnc is executive director of the Animal Save Movement and global coordinator of the Plant Based Treaty initiative.
Leslie Crawford is the author of Sprig the Rescue Pig and Gwen the Rescue Hen, both published by Stone Pier Press.
Josh Klemm is co-director of International Rivers.
Carter Dillard is the policy adviser for the Fair Start Movement.
LeesaMaree Bleicher advocates using trauma-informed therapeutic approaches.
Valeria Falabella is a director at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Jim Cubie, JD, is a consultant to the Muhlenberg College Center for Ornithology where he advises on bird safety and native plants.
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.
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.
Danna Smith is the founder and executive director of Dogwood Alliance.
Isias Hernandez aims to improve environmental literacy through content creation, storytelling, and public engagement.
Mikhala Kaseweter, MSc, advances right relationships with nonhuman animals through her work at the Better Food Foundation.
Daniel Klem Jr. is the Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology and director of the Acopian Center for Ornithology at Muhlenberg College.
Jeremy Rifkin is and economic and social theorist, author, and political advisor.
Dr. David Hastings is a distinguished oceanographer and educator with extensive expertise in marine geochemistry, climate change indicators, and microplastics research.
Ronnie Cummins was the cofounder and director of the Organic Consumers Association and a longtime advocate for organic agriculture and food-system reform.
André Leu is the international director of Regeneration International and a leading advocate for regenerative agriculture worldwide.
Isabella La Rocca González is an artist, writer, and activist.
Brittany Michelson is an animal rights activist, writer and former teacher.
Katie Schmidt is the associate director of the national dam removal program at American Rivers.
Laura Lee Cascada is the founder of the Aquaculture Accountability Project.
Julieta Campagna monitors coastal protected areas for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Carrie P. Freeman, PhD, is a professor of communication at Georgia State University and is a co-founder of Animals and Media.
Freddie Clayton is an investigative journalist with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, focusing on environmental themes, specifically water and sanitation issues worldwide.
Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor.
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.
Mary Mazzoni is the senior editor of TriplePundit and director of TriplePundit’s Brand Studio.
Lorraine Chow is the stewardship and outreach coordinator at the Santa Fe Watershed Association.
Gunnar Rundgren is a farmer, author, and organic agriculture pioneer who has worked across farming, certification, and global food policy since the 1970s.
Gary Belan is the senior director of clean water supply at American Rivers.
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.
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.
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.
Cameron Edwards runs Still Water Microsanctuary, a small-scale rescue for birds and tropical fishes.
Rachel Rose Jackson is the director of research and international policy at Corporate Accountability.
Esther Afolaranmi is an attorney, humanitarian, researcher, and writer. She is co-executive director of the Fair Start Movement.
Emilia A. Leese is an author, re-wilder, podcast host, public speaker, and magazine editor.
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).
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L. Michelle Moore is the CEO of Groundswell, a nonprofit that builds community power by connecting solar and energy efficiency.
Marilyn Kroplick is the president and executive director of In Defense of Animals.
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.
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).
Orin Langelle is the director of Langelle Photography and co-founder of the Global Justice Ecology Project.
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.
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.
Beatrix Homler is an animal and human rights activist.
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.
Caroline Cox is a pesticide scientist whose work has focused on the health and environmental impacts of pesticides.
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John J. Berger is an environmental science and policy specialist, prize-winning author, and journalist.
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 [https://twitter.com/mjponsford @mjponsford.
Claudio Campagna is a senior marine conservation consultant for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Robin Scher is a freelance writer and journalist based in South Africa.
Ashley Berke is co-executive director at Fair Start Movement.
Steve Taylor is a freelance journalist and the host of the podcast Breaking Green produced by Global Justice Ecology Project.
Derek Gow is a farmer, nature conservationist, and author.
Ann Leslie Davis is an award-winning freelance journalist.
Erica Cirino is a writer, artist, and author who explores the intersection of the human and more-than-human worlds.
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.
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.
Kate Petty is an educator, writer, yoga teacher, and activist.
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.
Peter Christie is a science journalist and author who writes frequently about conservation.
Lisa Jones-Engel is a primatologist.
Teresa Coady is an award-winning architect, sustainability expert, and Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
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.
Eugene Simonov is the international coordinator of the Rivers without Boundaries Coalition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lydia Chodosh is a writer, designer, and fine artist based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Monique Mikhail is the campaigns director of the agriculture and climate finance program at Friends of the Earth.
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.
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.
Vicky Bond is a veterinary surgeon, animal welfare scientist, and the former president of The Humane League.
Bill Wasik is the editorial director of the New York Times Magazine.