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Meet people and organizations working to deepen our understanding of the ocean and drive marine conservation.
Recent advances in technology have made it possible to understand some of the communication of a few animal species. Leading interdisciplinary initiatives such as Project CETI (the Cetacean Translation Initiative) are developing cutting-edge advancements in machine learning, robotics, natural language processing, linguistics, cryptography, complexity science, and marine biology to record and begin to understand the…
The natural world is alive with sound—birdsong, whale calls, insect rhythms, the quiet pulses of water and wind. These sonic landscapes aren’t just background noise; they’re rich, expressive languages of life. For those who choose to listen, they offer not only beauty, but insight into the deep interconnections that bind all beings. David Rothenberg, a…
What if saving the ocean isn’t just about data, but about who’s at the table, what stories we uplift, and how we learn to listen?
Twenty years after the murder of her partner near Indigenous U’wa territory in Colombia, Abby Reyes, a lawyer, environmental organizer and Director of Community Resilience Projects at University of California, Irvine, discusses land rights advocacy, entrenched oil interests, resistance and resilience, and what she hopes her new memoir “Truth Demands” offers climate activists.
“Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice” charts Reyes’ journey as she navigates the waters of loss, purpose, and impermanence while fighting for truth and accountability from big oil. In this excerpt, Reyes reflects on the resistance to multinational oil interests in U’wa territory.
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Erik Ohlsen, author of the award-winning book, "Regenerative Landscaper," talks about his activism, and how a healing crisis redirected his life and put him on the path to become a permaculture designer and entrepreneur. He also shares his approach to landscape design and how humans can become an ecological keystone species and a positive force on the land.
Two decades post-publication of "Intelligence in Nature," Jeremy Narby reflects on the legacy of his book and the reconciliation of Indigenous knowledge and Western science.
Two Indigenous language champions, Jeannette Armstrong and Rowen White, reflect on the words, stories, songs and ideas that influence our conception of nature, and our place within it.
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