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WRITINGS: SUSTAINABILITY

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Arizona Daily Star

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Arizona Water Resources

 

Native Science Report

  • Money Growing on Trees Tribes were once criticized for failing to “develop” their land. Now their sustainably managed forests are generating income through the carbon market...
     

  • Fire as Medicine Salish Kootenai College’s new graduate program in natural resources emphasizes fire ecology...
     

  • Agriculture by Design At the Institute of American Indian Arts, gardening is both an art and a science. At the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe...
     

  • Diabetes on Tap A partnership between the University of Arizona and Diné College is studying the connection between arsenic-contaminated drinking water...
     

  • Greenhouse designed to promote food sovereignty Diné College is testing a new solar powered greenhouse that...
     

  • Indigenous Knowledge Goes to Washington The Biden administration is pledging to incorporate traditional ecological knowledge into federal policy making...
     

  • Bringing a River Back to Life As the desert southwest becomes hotter and drier, the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona is showing how it’s possible to both restore...
     

  • Weaving Worldviews In a climate many outsiders find inhospitable, Iḷisaġvik College science instructor Linda Nicholas-Figueroa, a transplant from the...
     

  • Searching for Equity in Agriculture Federal funding to tribal colleges for agriculture-related programs will grow, but not as much as hoped, according to speakers at the ...
     

  • Plants as Partners Students at the College of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma are using plants to remove heavy metals from wetlands contaminated by oil ...
     

  • Just Good Business In a state where oil is king, North Dakota’s tribal colleges are putting their bets on renewable energy. North Dakota isn’t the first...
     

  • New Beginnings on Ancestral Land Inspired by South Dakota State University’s Wokini Initiative and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s New ...
     

  • Shifting Seasons A phenology project at College of Menominee Nation is monitoring the impact of climate change on the region’s forests. . If plants could...
     

  • Combining Cultures  To attract and support Native students in science, STEM faculty can—and should—more fully integrate western and Native worldviews...
     

  • Getting to Know the Trees Leech Lake Tribal College’s growing forestry program will help the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe manage a recently expanded land base.
     

  • A New Era Free tuition, bigger Pell grants, and more support for STEM research, healthcare, and broadband are among Biden administration policy...
     

  • Small Grants, Big Impact The National Science Foundation’s Small Grants for Research program promotes faculty recruitment and retention within tribal colleges...
     

  • Building Better Research Relationships Scholars from mainstream institutions too often see Native peoples simply as a source of data. A recent webinar outlined the problem...
     

  • Being a Good Ancestor Native communities must become leaders in the fight against climate change. “I see this as a crisis,” said Winona LaDuke in an address...
     

  • Listen First Salish Kootenai College’s new Indigenous Research Center draws on the expertise of Native scholars nationwide. What makes scholarly...
     

  • Closed But Not Quiet Faculty workshops and student research experiences move online as most tribal college campuses remain closed over the summer. Tribal...
     

  • Growing Sovereignty The Native American Agriculture Fund is promoting food production in Indian Country after decades of discrimination by the USDA...
     

  • A Foot in the Door Currently, only mainstream land grant universities are eligible for funding through the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program...
     

  • NIFA Director Calls Tribal Colleges ‘High Priority’ J. Scott Angle, director of the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, says programs that support tribal colleges will be a ...
     

  • Finding Common Ground On the twenty-fifth anniversary of their designation as land grant institutions, tribal colleges are working to strengthen ...
     

  • The Soul of a Seed Teaching agriculture at the intersection of western and Native science The longer I work at a tribal college, the more I feel it’s...

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San Juan Star

 

Scientific American

 

The Tucson Green Times

  • Paper Cups Runneth Over "As the coffee sloshed onto the coat in my arms to the beat of my steps, I regretted my decision to pick up my morning brew in the standard paper cup. It would be a small cup, I had rationalized, and I’d probably save 10 minutes by dropping in at Caffé Luce before going to my office, where I had left my travel mug."
     

  • When Litter Is Good "Soil often travels in the Southwest. Dust forms clouds that block highways. Sand dunes creep around the landscape, consuming back yards in northern Arizona. Finding a way to hold it down would save lives and land."
     

  • Wildlife Rehab "Dying birds have a specific smell, an acrid one that stinks of failure. I got a reminder of that whiff in late April, when I came across a baby sparrow in my backyard. ... So I was thrilled to hear from a friend that there’s a place in town – Forever Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center – where knowledgeable people care for baby birds along with a host of other young and injured animals."
     

  • A Curbside Orchard "Using the shovel end as a ruler, Laura Mielcarek checked the depth of the hole we had just dug next to the driveway. “Maybe a little deeper,” said Mielcarek, a landscape architect, eyeballing the mini-channel designed to divert water from the street into this pit. Soon it would host a plum tree."

 

Tucson Citizen

  • Reduce small trees’ choke hold on Arizona forests

 

Tucson Weekly

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