Expendable: Part One of two-part series on the impact of US Immigration Policy

Modesto Hernandez sits in his apartment on Feb. 26, 2013. Photo by Mike Kane for Equal Voice News

The True Cost of Food: Immigration and Agriculture Workers by Brad Wong for Equal Voice News. For more stories and current news, please visit Equal Voice News. BELLINGHAM, Wash. – When Modesto Hernandez, 35, walks these days, he [...]

Dear Governor Cuomo: Sincerely, John Medeski

John Medeski. photo: wordloaf

  Sincerely, John By Laurel Dammann, Melissa Troutman, & Joshua Pribanic for Public Herald Listen to Podcast: John Medeski Interview “Artists Against Fracking” Summer 1969, half a million people gathered on a dairy farm in upstate New York [...]

Building Tracks: Laos and the Trans-Asian Railway Network

Coach to Thanaleng. photo: Syeefa Jay

Trans-Asian Railway Unlocks Laos Borders “Unlocking Laos” examines the mega Tran-Asia railway project through the perspectives of academics and rural villagers in Laos. By Ore Huiying August for Common Language Project VIENTIANE, Laos – Imagine a day when [...]

In the Open: The Future of Farming

Dr. Marcin Jakubowski.  photo: Sean Church

VIDEO: THE (OPEN-SOURCE) ECOLOGIST A farm run by DIY technologists aims to revolutionize agriculture. By Mario Furloni and Thomas Gorman for The Ration Dr. Marcin Jakubowski. photo: Sean Church Marcin Jakubowski traded in a promising career in nuclear [...]

Fish Stocks Shaping Family: Population Growth Impacting Phillipine Fisheries

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Turning the population tide in the Philippines By Sam Eaton for CIR This story also appeared on PBS NEWSHOUR and American Public Media’s Marketplace. The Philippines’ swelling population is causing fishing villages to embrace birth control for the [...]

Regional Food System Study Develops Strategy for Economic Independence

A picture of grain being shipped by sailboat to reduce impact and resources for a local food system in the West Kootenay region. Deconstructing Dinner documented the project. photo: Deconstructing Dinner

Toward a Regional Food System Alliance Development Strategy for the West Kootenay: an analysis of the best practices for forming and sustaining a regional food system alliance for our region by Deconstructing Dinner in collaboration with Columbia Basin Trust, [...]

Practiced Energy Solutions for Global Demand

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Solutions by NOOR is the second part of our climate change project. We focused on human stories about alternative power sources, renewable energies, and attempts to alleviate, adjust or cope with the rise of global temperatures. [NOOR in this installation showcases the brilliant solutions being practiced globally to fuel energy demand.]