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A print and online magazine dedicated to thoughtful journalism about the environment and other intersectional issues. Send pitches to [email protected].

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 15h

"When it comes to the metaphoric influence of shapes, the circle reigns supreme." Don't miss our review of Triolo's new book, "The Way Around," about three meaningful circumambulations the author made, and how they helped him grapple with crises both environmental and personal.

On Slowing Down and Bearing Witness to Nature

In Review: The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 1d

"Today, in my dual roles as a soil conservationist and my father’s caregiver, I have begun to dream about an alternative to the monoculture economies that poison the land and our bodies... To believe in a future where it is still possible to cultivate resilient rural economies in the Great Plains."

Soil Care and Home Care in the Great Plains

As a soil conservationist and my father’s caregiver, I dream about an alternative to the monoculture economies that poison our lands and our bodies.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you @longreads.com for amplifying Ryley's Graham's feature on the plight of "bile bears." The practice might be banned in Vietnam, but, sadly, it continues in other parts of Asia.

Longreads @longreads.com · 5d

"For generations, wild bears were killed to harvest this gold-colored liquid from their gallbladder."

Ryley Graham for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social: www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Bringing Vietnam’s Bile Bear Industry to an End

As wildlife advocates fight to free the last captives of Vietnam’s bile farms, rescued bears find dignity in the country’s sanctuaries.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 6d

"[E]very time the doorbell rings [at a wildlife care center], it’s also an opportunity to get someone to understand that wildlife are our neighbors. That they need our help to keep them safe." @tkdano.bsky.social

Wildlife Care Centers and Ecosystem Education

Wildlife rehab facilities can enhance our understanding of local ecosystems.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 7d

We lost another beloved global icon and environmental world elder. RIP #JaneGoodall and thank you for all the work and inspiration.

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 7d

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 8d

For more than 40 years, Sharon Negri has been working to protect mountain lions. Amid today's dangerous anti-predator backlash, she's still at it. "As activists know," she writes, "the work is rarely ever finished.

Protecting Mountain Lions

Because their lives matter on their own terms.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 13d

In late 2023, the Indigenous Ogiek of Sasimwani were evicted from their home in Kenya’s Maasai Mau Forest to make way, they say, for the country's growing carbon market. They are still fighting to return.

Kenya’s Growing Carbon Market Is a Setback for Indigenous Land Rights

Indigenous Ogiek say they are being evicted from their ancestral land to facilitate trading schemes.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 14d

"In all my time on the water..., I’ve interacted with many conservation-minded anglers out there like me. Yet our views are rarely represented in conversations about how meaningful policy and management can benefit all fishers in the long-term. Fish On was born in 2024 to do just that."

Representing Conservation Perspectives in the Fishing Community

Fish On aims to represent the breadth of values and perspectives that make up the fishing community

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 15d

For decades, Asiatic black bears were kept captive on Vietnam's bile bear farms, subjected to painful and dangerous procedures to harvest their bile. Today, after years of tireless advocacy, the industry is nearing its end, and rescued bears are finding new life in the country's sanctuaries.

Bringing Vietnam’s Bile Bear Industry to an End

As wildlife advocates fight to free the last captives of Vietnam’s bile farms, rescued bears find dignity in the country’s sanctuaries.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Happy 104th birthday to Betty Reid Soskin! Until she retired at 100, Soskin was for years America's oldest active National Park Service ranger. To celebrate, we're resharing our 2016 conversation with her about her "accidental" path to the NPS, why she's worried for her grandchildren, and more.

Accidental Ranger

Betty Reid Soskin joined the National Park Service after she realized she could offer a perspective that might otherwise be left out.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 21d

In recent years, the movement to decarbonize the buildings where we live, work, and otherwise spend our time has picked up speed. And alongside the push to decarbonize is a growing movement to ensure that it is done equitably.

Centering Equity in Home Decarbonization

Earth Island Journal supports environmental activists and leaders working to protect the biological and cultural diversity that sustains our environment

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 21d

In "We Are Eating the Earth," Michael Grunwald focuses on the overlooked fact that producing calories for eight billion mouths is the ultimate wicked problem of climate change. Don't miss @jasondovemark.bsky.social's review! @mikegrunwald.bsky.social

Michael Grunswald on Decarbonizing the Food System

In Review: We are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save the Climate

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 22d

The Black Sea, of course, isn’t black. But late last year, some of its waters did turn black. Two Russian tankers, en route to deliver fuel to the Russian Navy for its invasion of Ukraine, wrecked near the Kerch Strait, spilling fuel into the sea. The damage lingers nine months on.

Damage from Black Sea Tanker Spills Lingers Nine Months On

Marine life in the large inland sea has suffered significantly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 27d

"In July 2024, in hopes of exposing the impact of the climate crisis on mental health, I began working on a photography project to document Americans’ experiences with eco-anxiety... It [soon became] clear that eco-anxiety was not what I was predominantly documenting."

Ecoanxiety amid the Climate Crisis

Images and thoughts from US regions marked by ecological decline.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 28d

This could be big: Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for its role in the climate crisis.

Carbon Emissions from Oil Giants Directly Linked to Dozens of Deadly Heatwaves for First Time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously-impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 29d

Greenpeace's Deepa Padmanabha on how the group is fighting a suit by oil company Energy Transfer accusing Greenpeace of coordinating the Standing Rock protests—the most significant Indigenous uprising in half a century—and what is at stake when it comes to free speech. @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social

Deepa Padmanabha on SLAPP lawsuits, Standing Rock, and Free Speech

As industry efforts to quell dissent escalate, solidarity is key, says Greenpeace’s Deepa Padmanabha.

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Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 4

Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.

Climate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' Misinformation

Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The question today isn’t whether the climate negotiations are doomed. Rather, it is whether the fractious nations of the twenty-first-century world, besieged by fossil capitalism and tides of cheap nationalism, will be able to cooperatively face their deteriorating conditions of existence."

Coalition-Building on the Eve of COP30 in Brazil

The arts of coalition-building are daunting, especially in this time of polycrisis. But engage we must.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Sep 3

In January 2020, major players in Washington’s wood-products sector choreographed legislation that, with little more than the flourish of the legislative pen, wished away the timber industry’s significant carbon dioxide emissions. Our cover story digs into the quasi-academic group behind the law.

The Logging Lobby in the Evergreen State

How a quasi-academic group convinced Washington State to classify industrial logging as a climate change solution.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Apathy is human. It can be a defense mechanism to feelings that overwhelm...It can stem from misinformation...It can be fed by our feelings of powerlessness...But, as the reports and features in this issue make clear, there are many ways to keep it at bay." — Autumn 2025 Letter from the Editor

Moving Past Apathy in the Environmental Movement

The biggest hurdle to taking action may be human, but we can overcome it.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 28

Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India. The floods displaced nearly 250,000 people.

Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks.

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Aug 28

The global rush for hybrid and all-electric vehicles (EVs) has made its way to the world’s poorest continent — Africa. However, the story is different here.

Old Electric Vehicles Contribute to New Pollution Problem in Southern Africa

Countries like Zimbabwe and South Africa are ill-equipped to repair failing imported EVs.

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

A massive private zoo founded by the son of Asia's richest person is home to more than 150,000 animals. India's supreme court has just ordered an investigation into alleged illegal wildlife imports and financial misconduct there.

India’s Supreme Court Orders Inquiry into Giant Zoo Run by Son of Asia’s Richest Person

Activists claim Anant Ambani’s Vantara facility has no plan to return its endangered species to the wild

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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Aug 26

#Trump is really going after those windmills. The Revolution Wind is apparently 80 percent complete.

Trump admin halts construction of nearly finished offshore wind farm

Ørsted's Revolution Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is hit with a stop-work order over vague "national security" concerns.

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