Featured Writing
Central Texas’s Llano River supports towns, farmers and dozens of native and rare plants and animals. But weak state protections put this river at the mercy of the industrial pollution.
First Place | 2020 Young Writers Awards, presented by Yale Environment 360 and Oak Spring Garden Foundation.
At the site of the largest known lithium deposit in the US, tribal members, ranchers, and environmentalists are opposing a proposed mine — and forcing tough questions on a green tech sector reliant on old mining laws.
As the boundaries between our cities and mountain lion territory are often blurred, experts are trying to figure out how we can learn to live alongside our wildlife neighbors.
Bitterroot newsletter: Writer Austin Price Talks Mountain Lions
As ocean habitats and migration patterns shift with climate change, the static boundaries of marine protected areas become obsolete. Should MPAs move with the species they protect?
Researched during the IJNR 2020 Ocean + Climate workshop
In a time when kelp has become more and more critical — as a carbon sink, as habitat, as a food source — scientists across the Arctic region are mapping the extent of northern kelp, which could be booming as sea ice retreats.
“Truly regenerating the web of relationships that support both our food system and our planet is going to take more than compost. We’re going to have to question the very concept of agriculture, and the bundle of assumptions that travel with the English word farm.”
Other Selected Work
Farm & Food Systems
Diversified Farming Hits Hurdles in California’s Central Coast | Berkeley Food Institute
Tragedy of the Commodified: Conversation with Jennifer Telesca, author of Red Gold | Earth Island Journal
The Rescue Operation Bridging a Food Access Gap in California | YES! Magazine
How to Grow a Farmer | Edible East Bay
These Farms Tackle Food Insecurity and Clean Energy All at Once | Bitterroot
Oyster Coast: Threats to our favorite bivalve result in conservation efforts on the half-shell | Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine
Reversing the Trend of Black Land Loss | Berkeley Food Institute
Dry Farmed Tomatoes Can Teach Us a Lot About Agroecological Transitions to Water Scarcity | Berkeley Food Institute
Quantifying the Risk Reduction Value of Soil Health | Berkeley Food Institute
Wildlife & Nature
Activists Stand Guard Over California Redwoods Amid Logging Threat | Earth Island Journal
Feeling Bats: The essential role of bats in the Bay Area | Bay Nature
Where Arctic Cod Goes, Marine Mammals Follow | Earth Island Journal
Marine Fog Brings Mercury Pollution to California Mountain Lions | Earth Island Journal
Is California’s Cannabis Boom Killing Wild Salmon? | Bitterroot
For Wildlife Lovers, a Kind of Sophie’s Choice: Should we kill sea lions in order to protect salmon? | Sierra
Ecologist Challenges the Myths About Cedar, Texas’ Most Hated Tree | Reporting Texas
Energy & Climate
The Climate Emergency is Here: The new IPCC report portends “code red for humanity” | Earth Island Journal
Kimiko Hirata Takes on Coal | Earth Island Journal
“Let’s Not Blow Up a Mountain and Call It Green” | Earth Island Journal
Massive Solar Array Clears a Path Through the Mojave Desert | Earth Island Journal
Book & Art Reviews
For Peat’s Sake. Review of Swamplands by Edward Struzik | Earth Island Journal
Photographer Edward Burtynsky captures the visual impacts of an age defined by humans | Earth Island Journal
Conservation Blind Spots. Review of Beloved Beasts by Michelle Nijhuis | Earth Island Journal
The Cost of Convenience. Review of The Secret Lives of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr | Earth Island Journal
“You See a Lot of Charity but Very Little Justice” Review of Billionaire Wilderness by Justin Farrell | Earth Island Journal
The Wild Beauty of Summer Storms: Photographer Mike Olbinski chases extreme weather across America | Sierra