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Minnesota
DNR searching for seed pickers to help maintain Minnesota's forests
mprnews.org
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources needs people to do the work of squirrels. Every year the DNR nursery grows between three and six million …
Guatemala City
The fight to protect the world’s most trafficked wild commodity
National Geographic - Eileen Guo
Chinese demand for rosewood—trafficked more than ivory, rhino horn, and pangolin scales—is fueling a crisis in Guatemala's forests. Jose Baudillo leans over a thin rosewood log lying on a bed of dark wood
Cities
Food after oil: how urban farmers are preparing us for a self-sufficient future
The Guardian - Richard Benson
Bristol is at the head of a food phenomenon that is helping residents better connect with their cities and each other If you travel by train into Bristol from north of the city, there is a point two miles
Carbon Dioxide
There's Something You Must Know About Trees And Their Role in Climate Change
ScienceAlert - Jacinta Bowler
You may have heard the tired argument that if carbon dioxide levels are going up, it's going to be great for boosting the growth of trees. It's true …
Culture
Trump 'Embodies Nearly Every Aspect Of A Racist,' Author Says
NPR - Rachel Martin
The writer Ibram X. Kendi has made a name for himself by tackling one of the most important — and one of the most sensitive — topics in America today. His 2017 book, Stamped From the Beginning, is a history
Habitats
Big buzz about program to turn lawns into pollinator habitat
mprnews.org
The program hasn't officially started, but Dan Shaw is getting a lot of calls from people wanting to turn lawns into pollinator habitat. What’s called …
For a Sustainable Climate and Food System, Regenerative Agriculture Is the Key
ecowatch.com - YES! Magazine
Instead of the sunbaked, bare lanes between cornstalks that are typical of conventional agriculture, these lanes sprout an assortment of cover crops. …
Vancouver Aquarium
Everything You Should Eat and Drink in Vancouver Right Now
Bon Appétit - Amiel Stanek,Kamil Bialous
Seattle’s cool. Portland’s got indie cred. But right now, Vancouver tops our best-of-the-West list. Nothing represents the fantasies of food-obsessed Americans quite like the Pacific Northwest. It’s an
Overcoming plant blindness in science, education, and society - Jose - 2019 - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library
wiley.com
Plants are amazing organisms. They make up around 80% of all biomass on Earth, play important roles in almost all ecosystems, and support humans and …
Coffee
The banana is one step closer to disappearing
National Geographic - Myles Karp
A fungus that devastates banana plants has now arrived in Latin America, the Colombian government confirms. A fungus that has wreaked havoc on banana plantations in the Eastern Hemisphere has, despite
Anthropology
Citation Matters: An Updated Reading List for a Progressive Environmental Anthropology
culanth.org - By Bridget Guarasci, Amelia Moore, and Sarah Vaughn
Scholarship in environmental anthropology has historically asked questions about how humans relate to the interconnected biophysical and cultural …
Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies
theconversation.com - Deepak Ray
Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns, as in this year’s …
How Native American food is tied to important sacred stories
theconversation.com - Rosalyn R. LaPier
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling, on June 11, that asked Washington state to remove culverts that block the migration of salmon. …
Amazon Rainforest
Giant river animals on verge of extinction, report warns
The Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editor
Populations of the great beasts that once dominated the world’s rivers and lakes have crashed in the last 50 years, according to the first comprehensive study. Some freshwater megafauna have already been
Cities
Desire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners
The Guardian - Ellie Violet Bramley
When cities lack the paths pedestrians need, people vote with their feet We’ve all been there. You want a short cut – to the bus stop, office or corner shop – but there’s no designated path. Others before
Guns
'Dying of whiteness': why racism is at the heart of America's gun inaction | US gun control | The Guardian
Guardian US - Lois Beckett
‘Dying of whiteness’: why racism is at the heart of America’s gun inaction The country’s refusal to pass new gun control laws has everything to do with defending racial hierarchy, says author Jonathan
Joshua Tree
'It makes me angry': is this the end for America's Joshua trees?
The Guardian - Maanvi Singh in San Francisco
Joshua trees have dotted the Mojave desert for 2.5m years, but even if humans take urgent action to combat the climate crisis, their decimation is all but ensured by the end of this century, a study has
Bees
A common honey bee disease is spread through flowers
phys.org
James Cook University scientists have discovered a common honey bee disease can be deadly to native Australian wild bees and can be transmitted by …
Ancient History
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of an Ancient High-Altitude Human Dwelling
smithsonianmag.com - Brigit Katz
Life in high-altitude mountains can be rough. Resources are scarce, the weather can be extreme and oxygen levels hover at dangerously low levels. …
Science (India)
The Pioneering Female Botanist Who Sweetened a Nation and Saved a Valley
smithsonianmag.com - Leila McNeill
In 1970, the Indian government planned to flood 8.3 square kilometers of pristine evergreen tropical forest by building a hydroelectric plant to …
Poetry
'A unique and slightly mad effort': mapping Britain in poetry | Poetry | The Guardian
The Guardian - Alison Flood
‘A unique and slightly mad effort’: mapping Britain in poetry A national community arts project, where poems are matched to precise locations, is reinventing a 17th-century classic for the digital age
NMAAHC
IndiVisible - African-Native American Lives in the Americas
si.edu
Within the fabric of American identity is woven a story that has long been invisible—the lives and experiences of people who share African American …
Magnetism
Mesoamerican Sculptures Reveal Early Knowledge of Magnetism
smithsonianmag.com - Joshua Rapp Learn
Magnets are a mystery that has baffled scientists and philosophers for millennia, and researchers still don’t fully understand the properties that …
Medical Journals
American Students Are Taught Racism Is Bad—But They're Still Not Learning the Truth About Race
TIME - Charles King
King, a professor at Georgetown, is the author of Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century. Every semester college students
Photography
The 7 Best Camera Functions You’re Probably Not Using But Should Be
lightstalking.com - Angie
Do you sometimes look at the menu system of your camera in awe? In awe at the sheer number of incredible functions your camera has. Back in the days …
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The Washington Post
A recent wave of historical research has uncovered the degree to which the Nazis were not so much inventing a race-obsessed country as copying one. Books by James Q. Whitman, Katherine Benton-Cohen, Richard
Dear Settlers: Before Using Our Medicine, Be Aware of Your White Privilege
fromanindigenousperspective.blogspot.com
Authors Note: I’m not an Elder or Medicine Person, so I’m aware I have no authority to say who’s allowed to use our medicines and in what way. I …
Dear Settlers: Before Using Our Medicine, Be Aware of Your White Privilege
fromanindigenousperspective.blogspot.com
Authors Note: I’m not an Elder or Medicine Person, so I’m aware I have no authority to say who’s allowed to use our medicines and in what way. I …
Science
In Southeast Asia, Ancient Humans Mated With at Least 4 Other Species
Inverse - Sarah Sloat
The ancient world was a lot like the world of Lord of the Rings, minus the magic. Different human-like beings roamed the Earth, sometimes interacting …
A Journey Into the Animal Mind
The Atlantic - Ross Andersen
What science can tell us about how other creatures experience the world Amid the human crush of Old Delhi, on the edge of a medieval bazaar, a red structure with cages on its roof rises three stories the