Why Environmentalists Are Reclaiming Patriotism
Taking care of our planet shouldn’t be a partisan issue. These activist-athletes think the flag might help bridge the divide.
The Poke Paradox
“When there’s a bowl of popcorn in the middle of the table, we think, I’m gonna eat two bites. Then we eat the whole bowl,” said Jennifer Bushman, founder of Route To Market and director of sustainability at the Bay Area seafood chain Pacific Catch. “That is human. That’s how we consume.” Seconds later, we order the poke burger (among other things). Because of course we do.
The Environmental Threat of Trump’s Wall
On January 20, 2017, President Donald Trump’s inauguration day, Laiken Jordahl went for a hike in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, an ecological jewel in the Sonoran Desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. The monument is studded with towering saguaro cacti and a rare namesake plant that looks like it was pulled from the Dr. Seuss universe.
In That Moment I Knew We Were Lost
At around 8:30pm, on March 2, 2016, Berta Cáceres had dinner with her old friend, Gustavo Castro, at El Fogón, a popular restaurant and bar in downtown La Esperanza. A jumble of historic buildings with terracotta rooftops high in the Honduran sierra, La Esperanza (which translates as “hope”) is a quaint town of 11,000 and among the most peaceful in the country. It was also home to its most famous human rights and environmental activist. Who, before midnight, would be lying dead on her bedroom floor.
Bali’s Progress on Plastic
Six years ago when Melati and Isabel Wijsen, visionary founders of the international environmental youth movement, Bye Bye Plastic Bags, were just twelve and ten years old, they had a lesson in school about some of the world’s greatest change makers.