Nature and Environment Articles

Influencing Change in Politics

Follow along as Zack Pistora walks us through promoting change in politics, through the best ways to organize, and how to generally make your voice heard.

Lessons from Ashes: A Mountain Homesteading Community Finds Strong Leadership After Wildfires

By Bruce McElmurray

How one wildfire disaster transformed a formerly divided Colorado community of mountain homesteaders into a more caring community with stronger leadership.

Harken to the Wisdom Ways of Agroecology

By Steven McFadden

As climate change and geopolitics deteriorate ominously, international panels are urging us to pay attention to native wisdom ways.

Open-Pollinated Corn Roots

By Oscar H. Will III

The Editorial Director of MOTHER EARTH NEWS connects with his open-pollinated corn roots, and with cultivars given to him by family and friends.

Check Dams Restore Watershed Life

Story by Gary Paul Nabhan; Photos by Erosion Control Research Program

Stonemasons build check dams to restore water to the West Turkey Creek watershed landscape while conserving the land.

Photos from the Field: Mountain Goats Walk Atop Mt. Evans

By MOTHER EARTH NEWS

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Them That’s Doin’: Bobcat’s Product Launch

By MOTHER EARTH NEWS

Check out what MOTHER EARTH NEWS editors and readers have been enjoying lately, from apps and classes to tools and techniques. In this edition, editors are testing new Doosan Bobcat products, giving lambs a helping hand, and writing in a lovely observational journal.

Using Free Wood from Storm-Downed Trees

By Douglas Dedrick, Healing Law

Hurricanes can knock down a lot of trees, but there are many useful alternatives for using storm-downed wood rather than letting it rot.