![Celebrating World Oceans Day: 5 Ways to Say Thank You](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Celebrating World Oceans Day/Thumbnail.97c790db.jpg)
by Symber Canepari
The ocean has provided beauty and sanctuary for many, and now it needs our help in return. In honor of World Oceans Day, here are five ways I’ve learned to say thank you to the ocean that everyone can…
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by Phillip Gibbs
There are many books about environmental issues and the environmental movement, but what really sets Out of the Wasteland: Stories from the Environmental Frontier apart is that it both parallels the development…
Read more![Fighting for Survival: Lifting Up Indigenous Voices](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Fighting for Survival/Thumbnail.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![La Cocina de Bosnia: cultivo y crecimiento](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Feature/Growing the Bosnian Kitchen/IMG_0289_thumbnail.b2569926.jpg)
by Andrew Flachs, Ashley Glenn
El amanecer en la Bosnia rural comienza lentamente mientras la luz del sol se asoma a través de las colinas y retazos de nubes se posan sobre los valles. Estamos tomando café en una aldea que queda dos…
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by Andrew Flachs, Ashley Glenn
Dawn in rural Bosnia breaks slowly, as the sunlight peeks through hilltops and wisps of clouds settle in the valleys. We’re drinking coffee in a village two hours northwest of Sarajevo, where the morning…
Read more![Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Grand Bay National Estuarine/Grand%2025-400x400.abec955d.jpg)
by Erika Zambello
Established in 1999, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GB NERR) now stretches across 18,000 acres. In addition to the estuary’s salt marshes, the reserve also covers rare pine savannas,…
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by Erika Zambello
As part of an ongoing project, Erika Zambello is visiting all National Estuarine Research Reserves in the continental United States. Established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),…
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by Erika Zambello
Made up of over 6,000 acres along the coast of Alabama, the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research is one of 28 sites around the country that are “protected for long-term research, water-quality monitoring,…
Read more![Biodiversity of the Dry Tortugas](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Galleries/Biodiversity of the Dry Tortugas/PREVIEW%20PHOTO_CF8T6800.69b940c5.jpg)
by BinBin Li
I visited Dry Tortugas National Park in 2013 and 2015 as part of a field class taught by Dr. Stuart Pimm at Duke University. Located 68 miles west of Key West, this 100 square mile national park is mostly…
Read more![Lessons in Sustainable Design](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2013/08/Photo_2.84cdda71.jpg)
by George Stevens
The lunar landscape of Cappadocia, a historical region in central Turkey, is truly otherworldly. It makes you stop and think, “Where the heck am I?” It is a place where humans and natural beauty have coexisted…
Read more![Food Security and Sustainable Action](/assets/image-cache/images/galleries/ODonnell/Freshly%20caught%20Saithe%20Artic%20Norway.bc6f3c82.jpg)
by Jessica Schmonsky
Climate change affects agriculture and food production both directly through changing environmental conditions and indirectly by affecting growth and the distribution of incomes. Current studies suggest…
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