Explorations of agroecology and the importance of environmental history in Costa Rican food production — INTRODUCTION Today’s agri-food system is arguably in a “state of crisis” (Bellamy and Ioris, 2017, p. 1). As the authors of Big World, Small Planet (2015) argue, food production “consumes the most land and freshwater, emits the most greenhouse gases, represents the biggest threat to biodiversity, and is a key…

An Ecofeminist Examination of Women’s Roles in Conservation-Based Sustainable Development updated 4/2/2018 at 3:59 p.m. INTRODUCTION Our Earth’s finite resources are increasingly exploited as commodities for globalized networks at a time when around-the-world travel has blossomed into a feverish passion among many in the middle class. Emerging trends in what’s now…

Trump Administration climate policy analysis — the first 100 days, and beyond. Introduction The existential crisis that has become global climate change has impacted nearly every facet of modern human civilization — or soon will. From energy consumption, to air quality, freshwater resources and coastal community development, climate change threatens the…

Analysis, Critiques & Implementation Introduction The Paris Agreement, now a legally-binding international climate treaty, was forged at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) convened by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Paris, France, from November 30 to December 11, 2015 (Williams and COP21, n.d.) (The Guardian, 2016)…

A Gendered Perspective of the Livestock Reduction Program on the Navajo Reservation “With Our Sheep We Were Created” (Introduction) To the patriarchal-rooted, capitalist democracy of America today, money matters most. To the Diné on the Navajo Indian Reservation, sheep and livestock matter in much the same way. According to Black Mesa ceremonial singer Buck Austin, “Since time…

How Women Shaped the American Environmental Movement (1950s-1970s) Introduction The earliest American experience in connection with the natural world — the environment in which he now found himself living — was one of exploitation. “Americans are geographically located in an area where there is an abundance of renewable and nonrenewable resources…The…

A poem by Bethany N. Bella | LOTUS My bones crunch like fallen logs and underbrush. My lungs and ribs burn like a thousand-acre fire I cannot quench, As the wind brushes through my hair, like waves, Along my skin, which flows and breathes like water. I am made – I am born of the same stars as the galaxy.

Highlighting Change-Agents in the Face of Climate Doom Introduction It was mid-October, and we were all perspiring. Walking through the downtown flea market in Cincinnati, Ohio, I was sorely overdressed for the occasion — a heavy jacket and jeans and a sweaty smile to match. Stopping for hot coffee in the…

Introduction: A World Still Under Nuclear Threat Leukemia. A dirty word, a word shrouded in death. Leukemia. It’s the only explanation I receive, as I stare down at the grassy tombstone of my grandmother — a woman I never knew. Leukemia. A dirty word, a word of internal violence and silent suffering, bodies raging quietly. Leukemia. The…