Maureen Nandini Mitra

2 weeks ago | earthisland.org | Maureen Nandini Mitra

“Hope Embedded in Despair” We do our best work as a people in times of extreme crisis, says “apocalyptic optimist” Dana Fisher Dana Fisher doesn’t sugarcoat the facts: When it comes to our climate and American democracy, we are in a bad place. The Trump Blitzkrieg is demolishing key policies that shield us from toxic pollution, that protect our lands, waters, and wildlife, and that attempt to address the climate crisis.

3 weeks ago | earthisland.org | Maureen Nandini Mitra

Sometimes, keeping on with the work at hand can also be a form of resistance. It is hard these days to feel like the work I’m doing matters. Instead of sitting behind a desk, shouldn’t I be out there, putting my body on the line as young students get locked up for simply speaking up, as children get torn from parents who are disappeared to prisons overseas, as even sitting judges get arrested on trumped-up charges?

2 months ago | earthisland.org | Maureen Nandini Mitra

The Palisades Fire that started in the City of Los Angeles, January 2025. Photo courtesy of Cal FIRE.

Mar 26, 2025 | earthisland.org | Maureen Nandini Mitra

Layered Love Pamela Pauline’s photographic artworks celebrate Australia’s endemic plants and animals. At first glance, Pamela Pauline’s sumptuous photographic artworks can easily be mistaken for paintings. That’s intentional. Her series of incredibly detailed creations featuring Australia’s endemic and endangered plants, flowers, and birds seeks to emulate seventeenth-century Dutch still-lifes, not only in style but also in the visual cues and symbolism hidden in them.

Jan 17, 2025 | earthisland.org | Maureen Nandini Mitra

A colorized transmission electron micrograph of H5N1 virus particles (purple). Photo courtesy of NIAID and CDC. Bird Flu has Spread to Humans. How Worried Should We Be? As wildfires continue smoldering in Los Angeles, looming over the horizon is another worrying development — the growing spread of bird flu.