Jul 1, 2025
Doctor and professor of public health Wendy Johnson saw in her medical practice people who thrived against all odds, and those who suffered grave challenges due to environmental factors like toxicity, poverty, stress, loneliness, and isolation. Her new book, Kinship Medicine, explores the reality that 80% of our health...
Jun 17, 2025
Orion Kriegman and his friends started clearing a trashed vacant lot in Boston to create green space and grow food. City hall was not on their side at first, but with persistence and community effort they were able to secure that lot as permanent green space—and so The Boston Food Forest Coalition was born. A dozen...
Jun 3, 2025
Montana rancher Amber Smith didn't grow up in
agriculture, but ranching became her life's work.
As a young adult Kristen Kipp left the family
ranch in the Blackfeet but felt a deep longing to go back to her
home and the work of raising livestock.
Amber is the executive director of Women
in Ranching, which was first a...
Women ranchers in their power
Jun 3, 2025
Montana rancher Amber Smith didn't grow up in
agriculture, but ranching became her life's work.
As a young adult Kristen Kipp left the family
ranch in the Blackfeet but felt a deep longing to go back to her
home and the work of raising livestock.
Amber is the executive director of Women
in Ranching, which was first a...
May 20, 2025
The Transition Movement is a worldwide network of people working locally to move away from fossil fuel-base infrastructure toward locally-based systems. Projects include community-owned renewable energy utilities, local food security projects and farmers markets, local currencies, conversions of lawns into edible...