In our quest for high-fiber, high-protein foods that are sustainable and delicious, the sturdy mesquite tree is getting some attention. An ideal plant for low-input agriculture, it’s adaptable to heat and drought and it has a lot of species.
A historically hot summer is revealing a society massively unprepared for a new climate reality. A concrete jungle such as Paris, or any French city center, is a built environment conceived for the far more temperate climate of a preindustrial world
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
“I was shocked when I saw the video. It’s not just that they targeted this water facility; it’s the fact that they planted explosives, celebrated the act on Instagram.... It's deeply cruel."
The state’s water crisis hasn’t fully abated, but nobody’s talking about it on the campaign trail.
Rising temperatures, lack of water and encroaching development are creating tough conditions for the crucial California crop. Their continued viability could all depend on strengthening the lands on which they sit.
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, was thoroughly preventable. And it’s a vision of a disastrous future.
We can take heart in the knowledge that everyday people have the power to force their elected officials to keep public goods public. Pittsburgh’s Our Water Campaign showed us how, with strategies that other cities can replicate, adapt, and pass on.
When almost all of Gaza’s water is not fit for human consumption because of a deliberate Israeli strategy, one can understand why Palestinians continue to fight back as if their lives are dependent on it; because they are.
“Stay hydrated” has become a new version of the old salutation, “Stay well.” Here’s how to know when you truly need to hydrate.
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