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Are Mennonite colonies in the Amazon worsening deforestation?

Mennonite communities establishing new colonies in the Peruvian Amazon are contributing to deforestation as they clear land for farming, prompting investigations by authorities.

Mitra Taj reports for The New York Times.

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The spirit of the Rillito

Before colonization and the human-centered organized religions that accompanied it, animistic worldviews taught us to listen to the natural world, to move to its beat. For many people, these songs never stopped playing. Others are learning to listen to them anew.

'The Ark' and 'JUNG_E' use the climate change crisis as a point of entry for science fiction

Science fiction regularly explores exaggerated visions of real-world problems, including apprehensions about the climate crisis.

I am the land

Native islander uses ancestral wisdom to help return Puerto Rico to its Indigenous roots.

Philip Loring: When it comes to food production, “Does it scale?” is often the wrong question

Evaluating radical new solutions based on whether they scale can be directly at odds with the very nature of these solutions.

Tonga's volcano after-effects could include COVID

As it struggles to clean up and reconnect with the world, Tonga confronts the risk that international aid workers could bring in a virus it has so far kept out.
Palm oil is in almost everything we eat, and it's fueling the climate crisis
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Palm oil is in almost everything we eat, and it's fueling the climate crisis

In her new book, 'Planet Palm,' journalist Jocelyn Zuckerman investigates the devastating environmental, health, and human costs of the global palm oil industry.
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