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The author and her daughter in a canoe harvesting manoomin (wild rice)

The Powerful Commitment of Thanksgiving

November 27, 2024 | By Nichole Keway Biber

"Should we choose to heal people, water, plants, and animals in the places we are, food is the most intimate measure of health. Thanksgiving can be a powerful action, committed to food sovereignty, and nourished by love."

Charging Up Massachusetts

September 27, 2016 | By Joel Wool

There's lots of energy at work in Massachusetts. I have to admit, I'm a little surprised—after a stunningly high-stakes legislative session and two huge Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions ( Case 1: kids sue state to win climate regulation; Case 2: unlikely allies team up to tell the

The people on your ballot

September 22, 2016 | By Elizabeth Saunders

As I’m sure you’re all too aware, it’s election season. The presidential election is everywhere you turn. We all know more than we ever wanted to know about the personal and professional lives of Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump (and the choice is abundantly clear).

But what about the rest of the

Water in (Re)View

September 19, 2016 | By Becky Smith

What do I really love about water? The smell of rain, the floating in it, the slipperiness of our bodies swimming in it. The way that floating with ears under the surface mutes all sounds except my own heartbeat and blood flow. The way we gather around it, flock to it, retreat at it and in it.

By U.S. Geological Survey [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Manatees in Massachusetts???

September 14, 2016 | By Cindy Luppi

Well, Labor Day is behind us and fall is here, unofficially. What stands out for me this summer is the weirdness of the weather and...manatees! It is official: we have just experienced the warmest summer yet -- NASA has confirmed that and is predicting that 2016 will be the warmest year on record