Earth Island Journal

1 month ago | earthisland.org | Nithin Coca

Fishing communities and conservationists are pushing back against offshore wind projects. JAPAN’S NORTHERN-MOST island, Hokkaido, is the eastern-most refuge of the white-tailed eagle. The island’s mostly underdeveloped coastline, rugged and filled with sharp, green cliffs, brown bears, wolves, and a constant, strong, cold northern wind, has ample potential nesting spots for this migratory raptor, and healthy fisheries provide needed nourishment.

1 month ago | earthisland.org | Diana Kruzman

The system, which empowers farmers to produce diverse crops and own the means of production, is gaining traction worldwide. The Mudzi district of eastern Zimbabwe has always been dry. Locals have gotten used to its sandy soils and erratic rainfall patterns, and the majority of its population still makes a living through farming, despite the inhospitable climate. But last August, conditions were worse than usual.

1 month ago | earthisland.org | Hilary Beaumont

Immigrants Cleaning Up Wildfire-Stricken LA Face Hazardous Conditions Advocates say workers risk their health and fear speaking out about conditions amid Trump’s immigration crackdown. On a sunny day in February three workers swept up the piles of ash left behind on an Altadena driveway from when the Eaton fire raged through the Los Angeles neighborhood the month before.

1 month ago | earthisland.org | Tove Danovich

Losing Good Neighbors It’s too easy to get rid of creatures we don’t understand. For the safety of all residents and due to an increase in “disturbing coyote encounters,” the animals would have to be trapped and removed, an email from my apartment complex announced last June. Some of my neighbors had been sending emails detailing alarming encounters with the canids.

1 month ago | earthisland.org | Zoe Loftus-Farren

Win Bigger, Win Faster Kumi Naidoo on art, activism, and our last hope for reversing the climate crisis. Kumi Naidoo has been trying to create a better world for 45 years. He began by fighting for education equality in his native South Africa as a teen and against the apartheid regime as a young adult.