In yesterday’s post, we shared some of the secrets of success for the Montana Wilderness Association’s successful NexGen Wilderness Leaders program. But what about social media??!! At some point in my conversation with Zach Porter, who directs MWA’s NexGen program, it struck me that we’d been talking about NexGen organizing…
65, white, liberal and well-educated. Writes monthly or yearly checks. Belongs to multiple progressive advocacy organizations… Ring any bells? For most environmental nonprofits in the US, that just about describes the demographics of their dues-paying members. And that has many conservation leaders worried. With no young people to take over,…
Drilling conflicts are almost always described in the context of their impacts on air, water and health. But increasingly, as the drilling boom sweeps the country, another part of the drilling story is starting to bubble up in drilling hotspots like Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, Wyoming and Texas (check out…
In 1973, America took a stand against extinction when Congress passed the Endangered Species Act to protect our nation’s most vulnerable wildlife. The law was unprecedented and an example of global leadership. President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act on December 28, 1973, proclaiming that endangered and threatened species…
“Un abogado y activista por los derechos humanos de las comunidades indÍgenas en Oaxaca ha sido desaparecido. Fue sacado de su oficina.” A human rights attorney and activist on behalf of indigenous communities in Oaxaca has been ‘disappeared.’ He was taken from his office. The news came during a workshop…
At Resource Media, we’ve always been particularly interested in “unlikely bedfellows.” We often find ourselves facilitating conversations with groups who have a hard time seeing their common values. Call it a feel-good win, but we love the moments where diverse stakeholders such as sportsmen, conservation groups, county commissioners and local…
How do you feel about generating electricity from biomass? A good idea? Not so much? Not sure? It sounds vaguely green, doesn’t it? How about chopping down whole trees in America’s southeastern forests and shipping them to Europe to be burned for electricity? How does that grab you? Chances are…
Last week, National Geographic took on the explosive impact that the widespread use of chemical nitrogen fertilizer to boost crop production has on human health and the environment. Scientists have been leading a clarion call about the impacts of excess nitrogen for decades, but the issue remains little known, even though the impacts touch…
Amid Earth Day events earlier this month, a gathering out in the desert in southeastern Nevada jumped off newsprint and screen with a captivating image. So compelling, in fact, that the Las Vegas Review-Journal ran it large enough to fill the entire above-the-fold space in the paper. It was huge.…
Why talk about intrinsic worth when you can put a price tag on it? The idea of calculating the value of healthy natural systems and factoring that value into land management decisions is taking hold across the world. The idea is that with a better sense of how much these…
