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