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Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research

The second Monday of October marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day in multiple cities and states across the U.S. Originally juxtaposed against Columbus Day, celebrated at the same time, the day is set aside to honor Indigenous peoples and their cultures within the country and ecosystems their ancestors have stewarded for millennia. So far this year, Native […]

Communities created bountiful food without putting populations at risk of collapse

‘It’s like a playbook to get through climate change and sea level rise.’

By focusing on reciprocity and the common good, sea gardening created bountiful food without putting populations at risk of collapse.

By focusing on reciprocity and the common good—both for the community and the environment—sea gardening created bountiful food without putting populations at risk of collapse.

In the 18th century, when European ships sailed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Northwest coast of the Pacific Ocean, they raved about the “wilderness” of the coast. The enormous natural wealth they saw—the wood from forests and the fur on animals—lured them into setting up a flourishing trade that would last […]

With climate change threatening culturally important foods, a Puget Sound tribe pushes to build the country's first clam garden of the modern era