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Green Energy Times - Sat, 07/18/2026 - 03:29

Headline News:

  • “International Flights Set To Pay Carbon Costs Under EU’s Carbon Market Review From 2029” • The EU’s revised its carbon market rules to accelerate progress toward its climate goals. The new rules say international flights coming to the EU from origins within 5,000 km (3,100 miles) will be required to pay for their CO2 emissions starting in 2029. [Euronews]

Plane landing in Zurich (Pascal Meier, Unsplash)

  • “East Coast States Will Sue Trump for Illegal Payoffs” • Eight Attorneys General filed a notice of intent that they will challenge two unlawful payoffs from the Trump administration to energy companies. The administration paid energy companies nearly $2 billion in exchange for the companies to abandon offshore wind projects. [CleanTechnica]
  • “Severe Storms In France Leave At Least Two Dead And Over 50,000 Homes Without Power” • Thirty départements in central and eastern France were put on orange alert for thunderstorms on Thursday, with a risk of large hail. Power grid operator Enedis said nearly 53,000 households were affected by power outages following the severe storms. [Euronews]
  • “India Launches First Hydrogen-Powered Train Built In The Country” • India rolled out its first indigenously built, hydrogen-powered train, a move aimed at expanding use of clean energy in its vast rail network. The train has two driving cars powered by hydrogen and eight passenger coaches. It will operate in the northern state of Haryana. [ABC News]
  • “Ocean Winds Secures Go-Ahead For The 2-GW Caledonia Offshore Wind” • Ocean Winds has secured planning approval from Scottish ministers for the 2-GW Caledonia wind farm in the Moray Firth. The developer submitted separate applications for the 77-turbine Caledonia North and 78-turbine Caledonia South sites in November 2024. [reNews]

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Rasakan Kemenangan Besar Dari Tembak Ikan

Socialist Resurgence - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 20:55

daya tarik utama tembak ikan adalah peluang mendapatkan kemenangan besar melalui kombinasi kemampuan dan pengambilan keputusan yang tepat. Berbeda dengan anggapan bahwa kemenangan hanya bergantung pada keberuntungan, permainan ini juga membutuhkan pemahaman mengenai karakter setiap jenis ikan, nilai hadiah, hingga waktu terbaik untuk menembak target tertentu.

Pemain yang telah memiliki pengalaman biasanya akan lebih fokus mengincar ikan dengan peluang terbaik dibandingkan menghabiskan peluru secara sembarangan. Pendekatan seperti ini menunjukkan bahwa strategi menjadi bagian penting dalam meningkatkan efektivitas permainan.

Mengapa Banyak Pemain Menyukai Permainan Tembak Ikan?

Popularitas tembak ikan terus meningkat karena menawarkan pengalaman bermain yang santai namun tetap menegangkan. Efek visual yang menarik, animasi bawah laut yang hidup, hingga suara permainan yang dinamis mampu menciptakan suasana bermain yang menghibur.

Selain itu, terdapat berbagai jenis senjata dan fitur pendukung yang membuat permainan semakin variatif. Pemain dapat menyesuaikan kekuatan tembakan sesuai target sehingga setiap keputusan memiliki pengaruh terhadap hasil permainan.

Pengalaman para pemain juga menunjukkan bahwa memahami pola pergerakan ikan menjadi salah satu langkah yang cukup membantu dalam meningkatkan peluang memperoleh skor lebih tinggi. Hal tersebut membuktikan bahwa latihan dan pengalaman bermain memiliki peranan penting dalam membangun kemampuan pemain dari waktu ke waktu.

banyak komunitas pemain membagikan pengalaman mereka mengenai cara mengatur penggunaan peluru agar lebih efisien. Pendekatan tersebut sering menjadi referensi bagi pemain baru untuk memahami dasar-dasar permainan tanpa harus menghabiskan banyak percobaan.

strategi seperti memilih target bernilai tinggi, menghindari penggunaan peluru berlebihan, serta memanfaatkan fitur khusus merupakan teknik yang umum diterapkan oleh pemain berpengalaman.

dapat dilihat dari pentingnya memilih platform permainan yang memiliki reputasi baik, menyediakan sistem permainan yang transparan, serta menghadirkan layanan pelanggan yang responsif.

menjadi faktor penting karena keamanan data pengguna, proses transaksi yang jelas, serta informasi permainan yang terbuka akan memberikan rasa nyaman selama bermain.

Pada akhirnya, keempat prinsip tersebut membantu pemain menikmati permainan secara lebih bertanggung jawab dan percaya diri.

Strategi untuk Merasakan Kemenangan Besar

Apabila ingin memperoleh hasil yang lebih maksimal, ada beberapa strategi sederhana yang dapat diterapkan.

Pertama, hindari langsung menggunakan peluru dengan kekuatan maksimal sejak awal permainan. Amati terlebih dahulu pola pergerakan ikan dan sesuaikan kekuatan tembakan dengan target yang sedang dibidik.

Kedua, prioritaskan ikan yang bergerak lambat atau sedang berkumpul dalam jumlah banyak. Cara ini sering kali lebih efisien dibandingkan mengejar ikan besar yang bergerak sangat cepat.

Ketiga, manfaatkan fitur senjata khusus ketika peluang mendapatkan beberapa target sekaligus sedang terbuka. Penggunaan fitur pada waktu yang tepat dapat meningkatkan efektivitas permainan.

Selain strategi, disiplin dalam mengatur batas permainan juga menjadi kebiasaan yang baik. Dengan memiliki target yang jelas dan bermain secara terkontrol, pengalaman bermain akan terasa lebih menyenangkan tanpa mengurangi nilai hiburan yang ditawarkan.

Sebagai penutup, Rasakan Kemenangan Besar Dari Tembak Ikan bukan hanya tentang mengejar hadiah, melainkan menikmati setiap tantangan yang hadir selama permainan berlangsung. Dengan memahami mekanisme permainan, menerapkan strategi yang tepat, serta memilih platform yang terpercaya, peluang untuk memperoleh pengalaman bermain yang memuaskan akan semakin terbuka. Jadikan setiap sesi permainan sebagai hiburan yang seru, bermainlah secara bijak, dan nikmati sensasi berburu ikan dengan penuh percaya diri.

Categories: D2. Socialism

Backbone of the coast

Clayoquot Action - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 20:13

Standing in Tofino, looking out at the rainforest-covered mountains, you would never know that up the inlets, trouble is brewing…

Floating open-net pen fish farms dot the inlets. These facilities spread pathogens, parasites and poop, and are pushing wild salmon to the brink of extinction.

The crowded open net pen facilities do nothing to contain tiny viral particles or salmon lice. Most farms are infected with PRV, a deadly virus from the Atlantic ocean. Because fish breath through gills, it is dead-easy for a wild salmon migrating past to become infected. Salmon farms are parasite incubators. The lice pass freely through the nets to infest baby wild salmon, which are too young to have developed protective scales. One louse can be a fatal load…

Then there’s the poop and uneaten pellets. These simply drop out the bottom, smothering any creatures living on the ocean floor. One fish farm emits salmon sewage equivalent to a city of 150,000 people! And there are 20 fish farms in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region…

Removing fish farms works!

On a good note, removing fish farms from the ocean works. Forty percent of salmon farms in BC waters have been removed since 2020, thanks to First Nations on the east coast of Vancouver Island.

And those Nations are being richly rewarded, with abundant returns of wild salmon. This has been going on since 2022, when the first Pink salmon runs not exposed to fish farms returned to their natal streams. And every cycle, they return in greater abundance!

More good news: the Canadian government has banned open-net pen salmon farms from BC waters as of July 1st, 2029. This winter, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the Minister’s right to use the precautionary principle when making decisions, noting the dire consequences that declining wild salmon stocks could have for First Nations rights, the economy, and the social fabric of British Columbia.

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations stopped the loggers on Meares Island in 1985. During Clayoquot Summer 1993, nearly a thousand people chose to commit civil disobedience to protect ancestral forests. It paid off—30 years later, local First Nations were able to announce with the BC government that 62% of their territories is protected from industrial logging. Now it’s time to ensure wild salmon will continue to feed these rainforests for years to come!

130 First Nations want salmon farms removed from the ocean—along with 75% of British Columbians. Washington State has banned fish farms. BC is now the only jurisdiction on the west coast of North America allowing fish farms in the ocean.

As someone who loves, visits, or lives on the west coast, you have an opportunity to take a stand for wild salmon. Take action, no matter how small. Refuse to purchase farmed salmon—always ask your server ‘is your salmon wild or farmed?’. Please take a moment to sign our petition, reminding government officials that people like you care about protecting Nature.

Dan Lewis is Executive Director of Clayoquot Action.

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Categories: G2. Local Greens

With Rain Comes Life and a New Chapter at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 18:11
Spring rains have brought a burst of new life to Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, and this year, that renewal is paired with the start of a major new chapter for the center itself.A Landscape in...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Bending the Bird Curve, Together

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 18:03
Every bird has a story. Some travel thousands of miles across continents. Others depend on a single type of habitat found only in a small corner of the world. Yet all birds share a common challenge:...
Categories: G3. Big Green

A Season of Transition, A Year of Growth: Trinity River Audubon Center Reflects

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:59
As nature reminds us each season, change is a natural part of growth. This year, the Trinity River Audubon Center experienced its own season of transition, including changes in staff and leadership...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Texas Leaders in Conservation – Full Circle

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:53
Every year, Texas Leaders in Conservation (TLC) hosts career panels for its students. Based on their career interests, the program's annual theme, and the availability of professionals, TLC brings...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Growing Grasslands: A Year of Progress for Audubon Conservation Ranching in Texas

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:46
Now more than ever, ranchers and conservationists are working side by side to prove that working lands and wildlife can thrive together. In 2025, ranchers and conservationists with the Audubon...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Bird City Texas Named a 2026 Conservation Wrangler

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:40
Bird City Texas has been selected as a 2026 Conservation Wrangler by Texas by Nature, a Texas organization founded by First Lady Laura Bush. This statewide recognition will significantly elevate the...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Building Relationships and Driving Record Postcard Turnout

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:36
As stated in Audubon's Flight Plan, public policy and funding have a catalytic effect on protecting bird habitat and addressing climate change. Policy items like the Farm Bill can benefit Texas...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Texas Chapters Expand to a New Generation, Reaffiliate Statewide

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:30
Texas Audubon Chapters are active across the state. The work they do on the ground helps move us closer to our Flight Plan goals of bending the bird curve. Over the last year chapters in Texas had...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Lights Out, Texas: 170 Million Reached and a Major Bird-Friendly Design Win

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:25
As an education and awareness campaign, Lights Out, Texas! continues to spread across the state to neighbors, friends, and families thanks to the work done by members and partners across Texas. We...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Bending the Bird Curve Along the Coast

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 17:19
As Audubon Texas wraps up the 2026 breeding season, the Coastal Program is celebrating another productive year of conservation action across the Texas coast. Throughout the spring and early summer...
Categories: G3. Big Green

Radical Democracy, Autonomy, Earthy Governance & Climate Justice: a virtual re-encounter #03 - 13/07/2026

Global Tapestry of Alternatives - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 15:55
Radical Democracy, Autonomy, Earthy Governance & Climate Justice: a virtual re-encounter #03 - 13/07/2026 In 2025, the Global of and its allies organized various gatherings in different parts of the world. Following our last virtual gathering, this session brings together participants from the encounter we held on GTAGTAalternativesGTAalternativesGTAGTAGTAalternativesalternativesAlternativesAlternativesalternativesAlternativesalternativesTapestryAlternativesalternativesalternativesGTAGTAalter…

2026 Shade Equity Pedalpalooza Ride!

350 Portland - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 14:09

Yesterday, 7/16/26, roughly 100 bike riders gathered for 350PDX’s 5th annual Action Night & Pedalpalooza bike ride!

At Lents Park, folks gathered in community, visited tables of various organizations (Portland Fruit Tree Project, Portland Parks and Rec, CAPA Strategies, Friends of Trees, Thrive East PDX ), and listened to speakers share about Portland’s tree canopy and the various ways Portlanders are working to make it a shady and equitable one.

We then took off on our bikes. Some folks affixed Capa Strategies’ heat watch sensors to their bikes to detect differences in temperature as we rode through neighborhoods with little tree cover and neighborhoods with plenty of shade — inequities that can be traced back to historical redlining and the annexation of Portland neighborhoods during the 1980s.

To learn more and find ways to join us, check out 350PDX’s Shade Equity page which features our new video “What is Shade Equity?”.

All photos: Irene Tejaratchi Hess

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Categories: G2. Local Greens

Thousands flee as First Nations bear the brunt of Canada’s wildfires

Grist - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 13:48

More than 900 wildfires are burning throughout Canada, with devastating impacts for First Nations. Thirteen Nations remain under evacuation orders that have forced 2,182 people from their homes. 

The Namaygoosisagagun (Collins) First Nation watched one blaze largely destroy its entire community in less than an hour, forcing residents to flee by boat. Residents reported having only minutes to gather their belongings before homes were overtaken by the flames on Wednesday, and Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige said in a statement that all community members have been accounted for pending a full assessment.  

“It is with heartfelt sadness that I share that our member First Nation, Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, has been devastated by an unexpected and fast-moving wildfire that advanced toward and through the community, causing extensive damage and destruction to homes and community buildings,” Debassige said in the statement. 

Of the 903 fires burning as of Friday, 750 remained out of control and 43 had started within the prior 24 hours. 

The effect has been greatest in Ontario, where seven First Nations have fled the 193 fires now burning there. According to the Chiefs of Ontario, several communities were cleared under mandatory orders issued by their leadership with support from the Ontario Provincial Police. In addition to Namaygoosisagagun, Whitesand First Nation, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek, and Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek are among those impacted by those orders.

Dozens of non-Indigenous communities throughout the province have been ordered to evacuate as well.

The Namaygoosisagagun (Collins) First Nation is about 125 miles north of Thunder Bay and inaccessible by road. Debassige told The Canadian Press that residents did not receive advance warning from provincial or national officials, nor did they receive any evacuation support. It’s been reported that community members went ​door-to-door warning their neighbors, and more than two dozen people fled by boat just as the flames approached.

Meaghan Daniel, a lawyer who represents Collins First Nation, told The Canadian Press that residents also are being denied assistance because the national government does not recognize it as a First Nation.

Although residents are recognized as First Nations people under the Indian Act, the community itself is not. Its leaders have long sought official recognition. Daniel sent a letter to Mandy Gull-Masty, the Indigenous Services minister calling on the agency to provide the emergency, recovery, and reconstruction support recognized communities are entitled to.

“To be clear, if Namaygoosisagagun is denied access to the emergency and rebuilding supports available to recognized First Nations, it will not simply suffer a slower recovery. It may lose forever the opportunity to rebuild the community its members spent decades creating,” the letter states, according to The Canadian Press. “In those circumstances, the question is not merely whether recovery will be delayed. It is whether Namaygoosisagagun will have a future in the place it has called home since time immemorial.”

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In a statement emailed to The Canadian Press, Eric Head, a spokesperson for the agency, said efforts are now underway to determine the community’s immediate needs and coordinate support to meet them.

As the situation unfolds, many other First Nations are currently undergoing the processes required to declare states of emergency and evacuate their communities. 

Ontario Chiefs held an emergency meeting Wednesday and expressed frustration with the bureaucratic processes in place to access emergency response services as well as a lack of communication from government officials regarding practices in place to declare a state of emergency.

“Jurisdictional disputes and administrative delays have immediate consequences and put lives at risk,” said Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict. “The priority of our leadership is to get people out as quickly and safely as possible. This needs to be everyone’s priority rather than financial discussions and technicalities.”

Benedict added that people are coming together to help one another. 

“We are on the front lines of this catastrophe that is having international impacts. Our First Nations leadership, emergency responders, and community members are working to protect their people and homelands,” Benedict said.

On Thursday, during its national assembly in Ottawa, the Assembly of First Nations passed emergency resolutions to provide support for Namaygoosisagagun and other impacted First Nations. It also called on the federal government to provide ongoing support throughout the crisis. 

The Anishinabek Nation asked for prayers for the people of the community that are dealing with this unprecedented loss. 

“We ask that you please keep Chief Paavola, the citizens of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, and all those affected by these wildfires in your prayers, and give them the privacy, time, and space required as they navigate this devastating situation,” the Nation said in a statement. “We send our heartfelt condolences, and our thoughts are with Namaygoosisagagun members who have suffered this tremendous loss of their entire community; our Anishinabek Nation family will be with you.” 

Grist provided additional information for this story.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Thousands flee as First Nations bear the brunt of Canada’s wildfires on Jul 17, 2026.

Categories: H. Green News

Indigenous-led Project Advances Food Sovereignty in the Amazon

Food Tank - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 12:30

People of the Forest is working with the Yawanawá People of Mutum Village in Acre, Brazil to regenerate degraded forest, empower community members and leaders, and advance Indigenous food sovereignty. A new fundraising campaign aims to help the project deepen its impact.

The project uses agroforestry and Traditional Ecological Knowledge to regenerate degraded Yawanawá land, which spans approximately 500,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest. Their holistic approach aims to strengthen ecological leadership, learning pathways for young people, seed-saving, and community resilience.

“If you know how to use the resources you have in the forest, this is wealth,” Julia Yawanawá, a community leader, educator, medicinal plant wisdom keeper, tells Food Tank.

The project recently entered its third round of fundraising. Donations made through Ma Earth, a collaborative fundraising platform, will be matched through July 21. Provided by Biome Trust, Naia Trust, Imaginal Seeds, and Ma Earth Foundation, the matching funds will help increase the impact and create a greater opportunity for positive change.

According to Ma Earth, there is an estimated US$1 trillion per year funding gap preventing regenerative and community-led initiatives from accessing the resources they need.

Extractive practices, including logging, mining, and ranching, harm the local ecosystems of the Yawanawá territory. The effects of the climate crisis, industrialized farming practices, and the introduction of processed foods further threaten the community members’ wellbeing and livelihoods.

Three years ago, Chief Matsini invited People of the Forest to visit Mutum, the second-largest village of the Yawanawá, and collaborate on a project to support healthier food systems for his people. “A person with a bad heart comes—you give him food and he will feel good,” Chief Matsini tells Food Tank. “Food is the greatest unifier.”

The Indigenous-led initiative is hoping to restore a natural equilibrium between people and the land, which the Yawanawá have stewarded for thousands of years. Its three main goals are to regenerate food systems, reforest native plants, and educate the local communities.

More than 20 Yawanawá have been trained in regenerative practices and over 1,000 native fruit and nut trees have been planted. A 10,000-square-foot agroforestry demonstration plot offers community members a place to engage in land stewardship and ecological leadership. Film, photography, and field documentation also help to amplify Indigenous voices. Through mentorship, youth are learning how to tell their stories in their own voice.

“It is important that this project doesn’t depend on us, it is theirs,” Timo Granzotti, Co-Founder of People of the Forest, tells Food Tank.

The next phase will expand its agroforestry work into other communities by cultivating household kitchen gardens and building nurseries to propagate native species. It will begin community-led design of aquaculture infrastructure to further build local food systems and continue to educate community members. Funding will also provide emerging Indigenous leaders with scholarships to agroforestry schools in Brazil.

“We are not guardians. We are multipliers,” Yawanawá says. “We sow the world, we sow the forest. We are the hands that multiply the food.”

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Photo courtesy of Archie Macpherson

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Categories: A3. Agroecology

Audubon and FrontLine Farming Launch Partnership to Elevate Agricultural Interests of BIPOC, Young or Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 11:57
FrontLine Farming, a food and farmers advocacy group, and Audubon Rockies have launched a partnership under a shared vision of creating healthy ecosystems, a vibrant agricultural community...
Categories: G3. Big Green

These 10 Bright Spots Are Beacons for a Stronger Global Food System

Food Tank - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 11:08

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe now by clicking here.

Before I travel on ground-truthing trips to rural and agricultural communities around the globe, the Food Tank team does prep research. Sometimes, the first data points that jump out at us are challenges that folks are facing, global crises hitting close to home.

But here’s the thing: When I’m in Guatemala or Ethiopia or even at home here in Baltimore actually talking to people on the ground, what shines far brighter are the visionary individuals and organizations working hard to make their communities better.

By highlighting these stories of hope and success from on-the-ground efforts to build better food systems, Food Tank aims to be the antidote to the helplessness and hopelessness we might feel sitting at a computer or scrolling on our phones. There’s plenty of good in the world, too, if we open our eyes to it!

This week, we’re sharing 10 bright spots—big and small—in the world of food systems, guiding us like beacons toward more equitable, resilient, nourished communities.

Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming, India

This agroecology project, led by the organization Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, is one of the largest and most successful in the world. The project earned the 2026 Food Planet Prize for their work empowering women farmers, helping them transition to practices that are better for them and the environment.

“What we are doing is very simple but very profound. It’s something anybody can do anywhere in the world,” says Vijay Kumar Thallam, Executive Vice Chair.

Asociación De Agricultores Tinecos (ADAT), Guatemala

I was fortunate to spend time with women coffee farmers in the ADAT co-op during a ground-truthing trip to Guatemala, where I saw how women are involved in every part of the supply chain—from planting to harvesting to roasting to selling—giving them access to resources they often lack.

“Every step we take opens a door for another woman,” group members told me.

ARISE-Farmers, Asia-Pacific Region

Since ARISE-Farmers was launched in 2021 to champion producer-led solutions, the program has reached over 20,000 farmers in 12 countries across Asia. It’s supported by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), to strengthen food and nutrition security and improve livelihoods.

CIMMYT, Global

CIMMYT, a Spanish acronym for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, is demonstrating how science-driven approaches can help farmers respond to shifting weather patterns, improve local systems and access to innovations, and boost productivity sustainably.

“The innovations we invested in together are now protecting harvests and building resilience for millions of farmers across Africa and beyond. This is what science diplomacy looks like in practice — and it is a model the world needs to see more of,” says Gisele Fernández Ludlow, Ambassador of Mexico to Kenya.

In just a couple weeks, I’m heading to Mexico to visit CIMMYT researchers there, so stay tuned for dispatches from on-the-ground.

EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), Brazil

At EMBRAPA, researcher Mariangela Hungria was named the 2025 World Food Prize laureate for work helping Brazil become an agricultural powerhouse while proving that success is possible while reducing farmers’ reliance on harmful synthetic inputs. Take a listen here to a fascinating conversation I had with Dr. Hungria last year on the Food Talk podcast!

ROAM Ranch, United States

At ROAM Ranch in Texas, Katie and Taylor Collins are showing their neighbors the power of regenerative agriculture. Thanks to their stewardship practices, the creek on their property is flowing again after not flowing for decades, and wildlife from deer to birds have returned to the land.

OzHarvest, Australia

OzHarvest, Australia’s leading food rescue organization, is using innovative food redistribution models, social entrepreneurship, advocacy, and education to tackle food waste and deliver food to those in need.

“We have forgotten how to value our farmers’ effort it takes to grow food,” says Ronnie Kahn, OzHarvest Founder and “Visionary in Residence.” “If you can embed this in young people, perhaps we’ll start shifting and changing the narrative.”

Solid’Africa, Rwanda

Solid’Africa provides medically tailored meals to more than 100,000 patients in public hospitals, connect public schools with healthy food and nutrition education, and support market stability and training for regenerative farmers.

“If you are building toward regenerative school meals, hospital meals…it has to be a plate that is full of health, full of taste, and most importantly that’s full of dignity,” says Isabelle Kamariza, President and Founder of Solid’Africa.

Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative, United States

The Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative, rooted on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, is helping community members learn how to grow, produce, harvest, and prepare their own food. The initiative’s 7Gen project has also helped revive buffalo populations; the organization’s buffalo range has grown from 50 to 1,000 heads since 2020 alone.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway

Tucked inside a mountain in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (or “Doomsday Vault,” as it’s sometimes known) is the largest backup facility for the world’s crop diversity. As of June 2026, new additions to the vault have brought the total collection to 1.4 million seed samples, a major milestone.

Each of these bright spots began as a small, visionary point of light in a community. That, to me, is so inspiring because it reminds us all of our power to make a difference.

So let’s let these stories illuminate our own work to transform the food system, too!

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Photo courtesy of Jono Hirst, Unsplash

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Categories: A3. Agroecology

What You Can Do to Build Wildfire Resilience

Audubon Society - Fri, 07/17/2026 - 11:02
Fire is a natural and necessary process in many of Washington’s landscapes. In ecosystems such as ponderosa pine forests and the shrubsteppe, periodic fires help recycle nutrients, stimulate new...
Categories: G3. Big Green

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