When neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his wife set out to build a small, regenerative farm in rural Georgia, they didn’t expect cows to become...
When Gregory Berns joins our call, he isn’t sitting in a lab or a lecture hall. He’s calling from his farm in rural Georgia, and he’s in the...
“Women leaders acknowledge how the protection and restoration of nature becomes lasting when it is rooted in people’s wellbeing and...
At the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council meeting on January 8, 2026, the Council read and unanimously passed a historic resolution affirming...
For much of modern history, humans have been taught to see other species at a distance — as resources, symbols, data points, or representatives of...
Bees are often talked about as a single, familiar species involved in pollination and threatened with decline due to environmental threats, but that...
When Cory Doctorow spoke at Bioneers in 2017, the warning signs were already there. But in the years since, the tech landscape has become more...
Environmental change doesn’t begin with policy or technology alone. It begins with attention — with the stories we tell, the places we come to...
In recent years, scientists have begun using artificial intelligence to analyze animal communication at a previously impossible scale and level of...
Mona Shomali is the Director of the New Leaders Initiative at Earth Island Institute. Each year the New Leaders Initiative selects six outstanding...
On June 7, 2025, a quiet but revolutionary shift in law and land took place in Colorado. A Mountain in the San Luis Valley became the first mountain...
Written by Scott Hochberg, General Counsel and Litigation Director at Earth Island Institute Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing...