APRIL/MAY 2023 Anniversary Issue

CONTENTS

NEWS SECTION

‘Atmospheric Rivers’ Pummeled US West Coast in Recent Months

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Historic Treaty Seeks to Protect 70% of Earth’s Oceans

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Wind Power Slammed as Inefficient

The Earth & I Editorial Team

DATA SECTION

Singling Out Single-Use Plastics

The Earth & I Editorial Team

First Birds, Now Seals

—Updated Toll from Avian Flu

The Earth & I Editorial Team

People Are Farming and Eating More Fish Than Ever

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Watching—and Washing—What We Eat:

The Latest Report on Pesticides on Produce

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Coal Energy Generation Breaking Records

—But Not the ‘Net Zero’ Ones

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Wind Power Slammed as Inefficient

The Earth & I Editorial Team

ECOSYSTEMS

Our Sacred Bond with Nature

Interview With Dr. Lisa Miller,

Founder of Columbia University's Spirituality Mind Body Institute

Lisa Miller

The Joy of Building a Food Forest

Saving the Planet in Backyards and Unused Spaces

Mal Cole

FOOD

Total Mealtimes

—Feeding Body, Mind, and Spirit

Julie Peterson

Biochar

—Is It Time to Give 'Black Carbon' the Green Light?

Mark Smith

HUMAN HEALTH

‘Super Synchronicities’: More Than Just Random Coincidences

Unexplainable Phenomena Suggest ‘Intelligent Design’ Linking Humans and Nature

Dr. Beverly Rubik

The Yogic Lifestyle

Rebalancing Humanity’s Relationship with Self and the Natural World

Gregory Henschel

CLIMATE CHANGE

Global Climate Change Spurs Migration —A Matter of Survival

Jaqueline Sordi

Carbon Farming and Climate Change:

Taking from the Atmosphere and Giving to the Soil

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

NATURAL DISASTERS

Summer is Coming

—To Risk Life or to Risk Property in a Wildfire?

Lessons From the Greek Experience with Early Evacuation

Gordon Cairns

ENERGY

Zero-point Energy

—The ‘Sea of Energy’ Around Us

The Earth & I Interview with Dr. Thorsten Ludwig

Dr. Thorsten Ludwig

The Cobalt Challenge

—How to Produce EV Batteries Without Environmental and Human Degradation

Rick Laezman

WATER QUALITY

‘Osteoporosis of the Sea’:

Rising Ocean Acidification Imperils Sea Life

Cassie Journigan

‘Forever Chemicals’:

How (and Why) to Limit Exposure to PFAS Now

Robin Whitlock

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Stopping the Food Waste

—An Introduction to Composting

Focusing on the ‘Rot’ and ‘Repurpose’ of the Five Rs

Yasmin Prabhudas

ECONOMICS & POLICY

Net-Zero Homes

—The Most Efficient, Comfortable Homes Money Can Buy

David Dodge

EDUCATION

Make Every Day Earth Day

Earth Day 2023: Securing Humanity's Stewardship of the Natural Environment

Alina Bradford