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Colorado River, Meet the Sea

A withered tree speaks of an earlier time in this expanse of the once fertile delta. Photo by Erik Rochner/National Geographic Walking the mudflats of the Colorado River Delta in northwestern Mexico, my feet touch silt and sediment that...

The Accidental Wetland in the Colorado Delta

Wellton-Mohawk Canal Seen here at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Wellton-Mohawk Canal carries drainage water from an Arizona irrigation district sixty miles into the Colorado River Delta in Mexico. There it gives life to an accidental wetland called La Ciénega...

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Beijing Syndrome

As the term “China syndrome” has already been taken, I am terming what is happening in the country these days the “Beijing syndrome,” for China’s capital seems to be shaping up as the epicenter of a great upheaval to...

Philip Ackerman-Leist, author “Rebuilding the Foodshed”

Credit: Earthworms with Jean Ponzi | Download Philip Ackerman-Leist, author of Rebuilding the Foodshed – How to Create Local, Sustainable and Secure Food Systems, talks with Jean Ponzi about a number of issues including health and social justice. The book is published...