Environment

The agency must now restore $127 million in federal contracts through the Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program.

Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems.

The B Corp and the billionaires’ Giving Pledge are broken—so says the team at Dr. Bronner’s. The $250 million hippie brand is creating a new gold standard of social entrepreneurship.

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Our first feature-length documentary film, "Seed is life", is complete! We explore how corporate capture has threatened farmer seed, which remains the foundation of our agricultural biodiversity and food systems globally and in Africa, while celebrating the communities that continue to safeguard this vital heritage and fight to reclaim their rights to their seed.

Across Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador, many farmers are advancing agroecological practices that protect biodiversity, nourish communities, and care for the land. Yet their stories often remain close to home. To help share these experiences with wider audiences, the Andes Agroecológicos project brought together 12 prominent content creators from the region for an immersive look at agroecology in the Andes.

A lot of popular veggies are surprisingly fast-growing and can go from seed to harvest in just a month or two. Here to share their favorite fast-growing veggies — and expert tips on when to plant them and how to ensure their healthy growth.

Beyond the imposing stockade of white spruce and balsam, North America’s most expansive protected wilderness zone is filled with dense peat bogs called muskeg—a seemingly endless quilt of stagnant pools, waterlogged vegetation, and organic material in various states of decomposition. This malleable landscape, created through the retreat of melting glaciers, is virtually impassable by humans, but provides ideal conditions for other species to build on. A visiting Frommer’s writer once remarked, “Most of the animals here could easily live their entire lives without knowing humanity exists.”