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CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Cleaning Up Plastic Pollution The Earth & I Editorial Team Carrots or Kale? Study Shows Fetuses Responding to Tastes The Earth & I Editorial Team ‘Mindfulness Meditation’ Shown to Ease Anxiety Disorders The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION ESG Investing: A Tale of Two Sets of Statistics? The Earth & I Editorial Team Washington DC-area Microgrid Powers Electric Transit Buses The Earth & I Editorial Team Four Eco-Friendly Proposals to Tackle Food Insecurity The Earth & I Editorial Team Zambians Forage for a Wide Variety of Foods The Earth & I Editorial Team UNICEF Reports on “Worst in a Decade" Nigerian Flooding The Earth & I Editorial Team COVID-19 Increased Gardening in the US—Will the Trend Last? The Earth & I Editorial Team CLIMATE CHANGE Archibiotics: Visionary Architecture and Design for a Better Planet The Earth & I Editorial Team COP27: Climate Change Leaders Establish Loss-and-Damage Fund for Stricken Nations Jaqueline Sordi NATURAL DISASTERS Red Clouds, Rainbows, and Rafts Yasmin Prabhudas ENERGY Living Off the Grid: Meet the ‘Hydrogen Houses’ Rick Laezman Canadian Hutterite Farmers Secure Their Colony's Future with Solar David Dodge WATER QUALITY Going Beyond ‘Yellow’ Snow: Contaminants in White Flakes Come from Many Directions Kate Pugnoli Cleaning the Chesapeake’s Waters with Oyster Restoration The Earth & I Editorial Team WASTE MANAGEMENT How ‘It’ Was Treated in 2022: Global Sanitation Efforts Culminate in World Toilet Summit Robin Whitlock ECONOMICS & POLICY The ‘Greening’ of Capitalism Dhanada K. Mishra EDUCATION Nature-based Education Boosts Wellbeing and Pro-Environmental Behavior Deborah Talbot

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Will King Charles III Be an Environmentalist Monarch? The Earth & I Editorial Team Study Cites Beneficial Coffee Components The Earth & I Editorial Team Global Electricity Use Soared Last Year The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION War’s Devastation, by the Numbers The Earth & I Editorial Team Billions of People Still Suffer from Lack of Household Water, Sanitation The Earth & I Editorial Team Transporting Food Boosts CO2 Emissions The Earth & I Editorial Team North Korea’s Deforestation Woes The Earth & I Editorial Team Typhoon Merbok Propelled by Warm Seas The Earth & I Editorial Team US Life Expectancy Dropped in 2021 The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Leave It to Beavers—How These Legendary Dam Builders Bolster Ecosystems Mal Cole Bluefin Tuna at Risk Gordon Cairns FOOD The Mighty Mushroom Julie Peterson Black Sapote—A Chocolatey Tropical Treat Alina Bradford HUMAN HEALTH People Have the Capacity to Love and Heal the Earth Chris Laszlo Maybe It’s Time to Walk Out on Obesity Paramita Mandal, Rojina Yasmin, and Suvanjana Ghosh CLIMATE CHANGE Why Silvopasturing Is a Win-Win for Brazil and the Climate Richard Kemeny Rising Sea Levels Spur Mitigation Robin Whitlock NATURAL DISASTERS Indigenous Resilience During COVID-19 Daniel Kobei ENERGY Hope Persists for EV Growth Despite Obstacles Nnamdi Anyadike Reimagining Energy—Could New Kinds of Renewables Help Solve Climate Change? Rick Laezman WATER QUALITY Troubled Waters Mark Smith Clean, Sparkling, Safe Water for All Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe WASTE MANAGEMENT Everything Old is New Again: Thrifting Makes Recycling Easier Kate Pugnoli ECONOMICS & POLICY Going Green Is Good Business Deborah Talbot EDUCATION Raising Environmental Scholars of the Sea Yasmin Prabhudas

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Climate Researchers The Earth & I Editorial Team Rising Ocean Temperatures Have Killed 14% of Global Coral Reefs, NOAA Reports The Earth & I Editorial Team British Royal Foundation Awards First £1Miillion “Earthshot Prize” The Earth & I Editorial Team After Latest Major Oil Spills, Report Says Only 40% Can Be Cleaned Manually The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Manatees Can Hold Their Breath Underwater For 20 Minutes The Earth & I Editorial Team 46% of US Rivers and Streams Have Excess Nutrients The Earth & I Editorial Team 80% Of All Food Produced Goes to Cities The Earth & I Editorial Team 50%–65% of Methane Emissions Come from Human Activities The Earth & I Editorial Team Fish Feed Takes Up 60% Of Fish Farming Costs The Earth & I Editorial Team There Are Over 38,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers in The US Alone The Earth & I Editorial Team 318 Gigatons of Ice Melts Annually from Greenland and Antarctica Ice Sheets The Earth & I Editorial Team By 2050, 45% Of Electricity Will Likely Come from Solar Energy The Earth & I Editorial Team Middle Eastern Countries Use 70% Of the World's Desalinated Water The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS More Than a Career: A Life Dedicated to Saving Manatees Becky Hoag Invasive Wild Donkeys Are More Helpful Than Previously Thought Alina Bradford FOOD Vertical Farming Grows Up in Europe Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe Using Probiotics in Aquaculture: Farming Fish for a Sustainable Future Indrajit Kar and Srinibas Das HUMAN HEALTH Study Shows Plant-Based and Seafood Diets May Improve COVID-19 Outcomes Julie Peterson Nature Walks Improve Mental Health Outcomes Yasuhiro Kotera CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC: Profound Changes are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice Jaqueline Sordi Cutting Methane Emissions Buys Time for a Better Climate Future Chelsea Noack NATURAL DISASTERS Damming Floods and Mitigating Droughts: Seeking Sustainable Solutions for Sinai Radwan Al-Weshah ENERGY Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power Energizes Renewable Possibilities Nnamdi Anyadike Easy Affordable Charging Is Key for An Electric Vehicle Rollout Rick Laezman WATER QUALITY Farm Runoff: A Threat to Freshwater Sources and You Cassie Journigan New Desalination Technology Joins the Global Fight for Clean Water Helen Gavaghan WASTE MANAGEMENT Single-Use Nightmare: How COVID-19 Protective Materials are Trashing the Environment Mark Smith ECONOMICS & POLICY Finnish City’s Environmental Success Wasn’t Built in a Day Robin Whitlock EDUCATION Rwandan Woman Inspires Children to Protect the Future of Endangered Gorillas Yasmin Prabhudas SPECIAL SECTION Conference Introduces Applications of New 3D Wave Theory that Claim to Overcome COVID-19 The Earth & I Editorial Team

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Cheetahs Return to India After 70 Years The Earth & I Editorial Team Caribbean Shores Smothered by Summer Seaweed The Earth & I Editorial Team Baptismal Rite Breaks New Ground The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION How Hot Was June? Depends on Who You Ask The Earth & I Editorial Team Nuclear War Impacts Updated The Earth & I Editorial Team UNEP Celebrates 50 Years of Milestones The Earth & I Editorial Team Composting Percentages Are Small in the US The Earth & I Editorial Team European Air Quality Update The Earth & I Editorial Team Urban Noise Can Be Deadly The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Seagrass: The Global Seafood Supermarket Jean Thilmany Reviving Forests—A Call for Careful Planning Dr. Mahesh K. Gaur, Dr. Victor R. Squires FOOD Nature’s Tonic in a Cup Dr. Tanmoy Rana From Waxy Preservatives to E. Coli—Why It’s Vital to Wash Those Veggies and Fruits at Home Alina Bradford HUMAN HEALTH The ‘Junk Food’ Dilemma: How to Steer Kids from Highly Processed to Highly Nutritious Foods Julie Peterson Microplastics Now Found in Human Blood Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe CLIMATE CHANGE Can Conservation and Assisted Migration Save Biodiversity? Mal Cole Tracking Earth’s Climate from Space Rick Laezman NATURAL DISASTERS Are Climate-related Disasters Really on the Rise? What Does the Data Say? Mark Smith ENERGY Promises and Pitfalls: The Future of Nuclear Energy Nnamdi Anyadike The Search for Renewable Energy Storage Mark Newton WATER QUALITY When the Water Dries Up Kate Pugnoli Switzerland’s Mountain Waters at Risk Angelica Sirotin WASTE MANAGEMENT How to Sequester Carbon by Turning It into Plastic Robin Whitlock ECONOMICS & POLICY Plenty of Fish in the Sea, Not Enough Fish on the Plate Jonathan L. Wharton, Ph.D. EDUCATION Zoos and Aquariums: Educating the Next Generation of Environmentalists Yasmin Prabhudas

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Extreme Heat Causes Hottest July on Record The Earth & I Editorial Team Sobering New WMO Report: The 50-Year Toll of Global Water Disasters The Earth & I Editorial Team Vietnamese Community Takes Plastic Matters into Its Own Hands The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Latest Information on Renewable Energy in Europe The Earth & I Editorial Team How Far Can Reforestation Go? The Earth & I Editorial Team Wild American Ginseng Facts The Earth & I Editorial Team Heat Waves Bring Troubling Summer Data The Earth & I Editorial Team The Big Picture on Solar Panel Waste The Earth & I Editorial Team Global Green Jobs for Youth Outlook The Earth & I Editorial Team Surprising Soil Statistics The Earth & I Editorial Team How Widespread is Water Insecurity for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America? The Earth & I Editorial Team Health Impacts from Particle Pollution The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Tree Communities Harness the Power of Interdependence Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe Full Reforestation After War: How South Korea Did It Jong-Choon Woo FOOD The Super G’s: Garlic, Ginseng, Ginger Robin Whitlock Healthy Food (and a Healthy Planet) Relies on Healthy Soil Rattan Lal HUMAN HEALTH Can Death Be Cheated by Merging Humanity with Machines? Serge Kernbach Air Pollution Particles: More Deadly the Smaller They Get Ki-Hyun Kim CLIMATE CHANGE Climate Change Threatens New Communities with Extreme Heat Chelsea Noack New Global Climate Deal: 3 Key Topics Climate Negotiators Must Resolve by COP26 Jaqueline Sordi NATURAL DISASTERS Targeted Cattle Grazing Earns its Role in Wildfire Containment The Earth & I Editorial Team ENERGY Green Hydrogen Promises to Slash Industrial Emissions Nicholas Newman Sumba Island’s Challenge to Merge Clean Energy with Development Arpan Rachman WATER QUALITY Canada’s First Nations Finally Secure Clean Water Becky Hoag What Science Says about the Most Popular Drinking Waters Stuart Nathan WASTE MANAGEMENT Germany Faces a Tidal Wave of Solar Energy Waste Nnamdi Anyadike ECONOMICS & POLICY Are People Ready to Change Their Lifestyles to Save the Planet? Dhanada K. Mishra

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Global Wheat Supplies Take a Pounding The Earth & I Editorial Team Save Soil Campaign Hits the Road The Earth & I Editorial Team Garden Ministry Climbs to the Next Level: How to Grow Green Service Projects The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION India’s Massive Environmental Technologies Sector The Earth & I Editorial Team Australia Punishes Wildlife Crime The Earth & I Editorial Team US Fish Population Stocks Held Steady in 2021 The Earth & I Editorial Team Brazil Reduces Impacts on Coral through Licensing Review The Earth & I Editorial Team Largest US Summer Energy Increase to Come from Renewables The Earth & I Editorial Team Super Seaweed The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Moving On: The Trend Toward De-Urbanization Mark Smith FOOD ECHO: Fighting Hunger with Faith and Sustainable Agriculture Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe SAAFON: Fostering Indigenous Food Crops and Culture on the African American Farm Alice Kachere HUMAN HEALTH Longevity and the Rules of Enjoyment Julie Peterson The Fife Diet at 15: How a Local Food Movement Inspired Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyles Gordon Cairns CLIMATE CHANGE Clean Cookstoves: On a Mission to Save Families and the Environment Angelica Sirotin Capturing Carbon in the Race Against Climate Change Rick Laezman NATURAL DISASTERS Living With Vog: Volcano Breath Comes to New Zealand Jean Thilmany ENERGY Wind Power Faces Winds of Change Nnamdi Anyadike WATER QUALITY Washing Away the Drugs in Our Global Waters: A Multi-Pronged Approach Cassie Journigan Reflections on the Water We Use and Ways We Can Conserve It Patty Smith ECONOMICS & POLICY The Tiny House Green Dream Robin Whitlock SPECIAL SECTION Spiritual Awareness: A Road Map for Science Lisa Miller Asking the Experts: Insights from Cutting-edge Environmental Science Conferences The Earth & I Editorial Team “Net Zero” Strategy: Tapping Hydrogen for Sustainable Electric Power and Transportation David Blekhman Higher Still, an Environmental Awakening at the Grassroots Level Bruce Johnson, PhD “One Bin”: Incentivizing Sustainable Plastic Systems The Earth & I Editorial Team

CONTENTS EDITOR'S NOTE The Earth & I Editorial Team NEWS SECTION Planet Earth Celebrates World Environment Day 2021 The Earth & I Editorial Team Droughts Longer, Rainfall More Unpredictable in the Western US The Earth & I Editorial Team New Investing Tool Created to Fill $4.2 Trillion SDG Shortfall The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Retail Plastic Shopping Bags: Is There a Will to Kill Them Off? The Earth & I Editorial Team What Are Animal Pollinators and Why Can’t We Live Without Them? The Earth & I Editorial Team The State of Global Water Ecosystems: Can You Believe This?! The Earth & I Editorial Team Cancer and the Environment: Do You Know the Risks? The Earth & I Editorial Team Global Greenhouse Gases: How Much Do You Know? The Earth & I Editorial Team Obesity on the Rise: Some Sobering Facts The Earth & I Editorial Team Conflict and Climate Change Drive Internal Displacement: The Numbers The Earth & I Editorial Team Indoor Air Pollution: Can You Breathe Freely? The Earth & I Editorial Team Kids at Risk: What are They Eating? The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Farming Amid Sand Dunes and Stones: India Wrings New Life from its Drylands Om Parkash Yadav FOOD Coming Soon: Fresh Seafood in Any Neighborhood, Anywhere in the World Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe Food Security 2050: What Would We Eat If Grocery Shelves Were Bare? Robin Whitlock HUMAN HEALTH Do or Die: Africa Tracks Down COVID in 48 Hours Christian Happi CLIMATE CHANGE Urban Boom or Bust? Fragile Cities in Ethiopia Cope with Climate Migration Miftah Mohammed Kemal Bangladesh Adapts to Climate Change through Local Solutions Tasfia Tasnim NATURAL DISASTERS Ugandan Advocacy Group Helps Women Rise Above Disabilities Betty Achana ENERGY Radical Anode Advancement Makes Ultra–High-Performance Batteries a Reality Byung-gwan Lee New Battery Technology for Next Generation Electric Vehicles The Earth & I Editorial Team WATER QUALITY Antibiotic Resistance: The Role of Wastewater Treatment Plants Michael Stenstrom Fighting ‘Bac’: Taking On Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewater Treatment Peter Mullany WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste Pickers’ Choice: Work amid COVID Risk or Stay Home and Starve Jaqueline Sordi EDUCATION Environmental Education: Hope for Tomorrow Dilafruz Williams SPECIAL SECTION Reimagining the Environment: A Radical New Look at Nature Gary Schwartz

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION In Memoriam: Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier The Earth & I Editorial Team YouTubers Raise $30 Million for Ocean Cleaning Non-Profits The Earth & I Editorial Team Extracting Rare Earth Metals from Coal Waste The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Unequal Gender Practices Cost African Families 20% of Crop Production The Earth & I Editorial Team The People of Yemen Are in Desperate Need of Shelter The Earth & I Editorial Team Mussels on the Move: Colony Found in Antarctica The Earth & I Editorial Team Scientists Keeping a Close Eye on the Earth’s Coral Reefs The Earth & I Editorial Team Type 2 Diabetes Can be Prevented or Delayed The Earth & I Editorial Team Buildings Emit 38% of All Energy-Related CO2 The Earth & I Editorial Team There’s So Much Light You Can’t See the Stars The Earth & I Editorial Team The Earth Has 86 Million Tons of Lithium Resources The Earth & I Editorial Team Beyond the Aquarium: Goldfish Thrive in the Wild The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Putting Goldfish in the Driver’s Seat Jean Thilmany Light Pollution: Keeping Nature Up Past Its Bedtime Julie Peterson FOOD Extreme Greenhouses: Growing Food in Crazy Places Robin Whitlock Food Preservation Just Became Greener The Earth & I Editorial Team HUMAN HEALTH Horse Power: A Ride Through Equine-Assisted Therapy Alina Bradford Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Type 2 Diabetes and the Environment Paramita Mandal, Sarmistha Adhikari and Rojina Yasmin CLIMATE CHANGE Winter Olympics: The Next Casualty of Climate Change? Chelsea Noack Top 5 Ways People Can Help Reduce Climate Change Jaqueline Sordi NATURAL DISASTERS Cal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe ENERGY Europe’s Lithium Supply Woes Nnamdi Anyadike How Energy-Efficient Buildings Could Drastically Reduce the World’s Energy Consumption Rick Laezman WATER QUALITY Mussel Power Cleans New Zealand’s Freshwater Lakes Gordon Cairns Hope for Corals Worldwide: Australian Researchers Restore Dying Reefs Cassie Journigan WASTE MANAGEMENT Waste Warriors Tackle India’s Growing Mountain of Trash Yasmin Prabhudas ECONOMICS & POLICY We’re Not Polarized on the Environment—Elites and Activists Are Mark Smith EDUCATION How a German School Educates for Sustainable Development Deborah Talbot

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION Antarctic Ice Reveals 11,000 Years of Climate Data The Earth & I Editorial Team “Take Two Capsules, Twice Daily—Maybe” The Earth & I Editorial Team Canada’s Shrinking Polar Bear Population The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Gas Stove Emissions in the Hot Seat The Earth & I Editorial Team Study Ties Environmental Factors to Cardiovascular Health Risks The Earth & I Editorial Team Causes of Biodiversity Loss The Earth & I Editorial Team NASA: 2022 Tied for Fifth Warmest Year on Record The Earth & I Editorial Team Year of the Tiger: Nepal Tripled Tiger Population The Earth & I Editorial Team US Short-Term Energy Outlook Released— 2023–2024 The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Blue Noise: Disquieting News from Our Cacophonous Seas Julie Peterson The Tragic—and Persistent—Problem of Illegal Wildlife Trade Gordon Cairns FOOD The Remarkable Properties of Kiln-Fired Bamboo Salt Yuka Sakai and Sang Hyun Lee Seed Saving: Preserving Life for Future Generations Mal Cole HUMAN HEALTH Go with What You Know, Work with What You Have Mark Smith Keeping ‘Home Sweet Home’ as Fresh as Possible—How to Clean Inside Air with Some Simple Changes Alina Bradford CLIMATE CHANGE Extreme Weather—Climate ‘Whiplash’ Causes Havoc Around the World Richard Kemeny Building with Hemp Raises Climate Awareness Kate Tsubata NATURAL DISASTERS ‘Looking Outside’ and ‘Days of Rest’—How Filipino Youth Used Religious Traditions to Cope with COVID Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe ENERGY Tidal Energy’s ‘Enormous’ Promise Nnamdi Anyadike Will Fuel Cells Power the Clean Car Future? Rick Laezman WATER QUALITY India’s Famed ‘Waterman’ Brings Solutions to a Drought-Plagued Region Yasmin Prabhudas Austria’s Tyrol Region: A Pioneer in Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater Cassie Journigan WASTE MANAGEMENT Turning Landfills into “Energy-Fills” Through Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste Robin Whitlock ECONOMICS & POLICY Risks and Benefits of ESG Investing Dhanada K. Mishra EDUCATION Mexico’s Amazing Sea of Cortez: How Education is Helping Preserve ‘The World’s Aquarium’ Kate Pugnoli

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION International Science Conference Ushers in Earth Day The Earth & I Editorial Team New Heat Engine—with No Moving Parts—Turns High Heat into Electricity The Earth & I Editorial Team Environmental Scientists Share Cutting-Edge Research The Earth & I Editorial Team C.R.E.A.T.I.O.N: Faith and the Environment The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION Food Prices Continue to Rise Sharply The Earth & I Editorial Team What Transit-Oriented Development Can Do for You The Earth & I Editorial Team Refugee Camps and Clean Water The Earth & I Editorial Team Our Supreme Solar Community The Earth & I Editorial Team Global Assembly Takes on Plastic Pollution The Earth & I Editorial Team Red Clover: The Healing Power of Herbs The Earth & I Editorial Team Invasive Species: Unwelcome and Costly The Earth & I Editorial Team Time to Refresh Your Memory: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The Earth & I Editorial Team Martens Just Became More Lovable (in the UK) The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Squirrel Wars: May the Martens Be with You Gordon Cairns At Home and at Peace in the Mau Forest of Kenya—Understanding the Ogiek Experience Daniel Kobei FOOD Raw Veggies Offer Superior Health Benefits Julie Peterson Alice in a Wondrous Land—Malawi Women Farmers’ Quest for Sustainability Alice Kachere HUMAN HEALTH Breathe Deeply for A Better World Robin Whitlock Sweet Wormwood—Repurposing an Herb for COVID-19? Mark Smith CLIMATE CHANGE The “Doomsday Glacier” Jaqueline Sordi “Power for the People”—How Solar Mini-Grids Help the Disadvantaged Mark Newton NATURAL DISASTERS Can Healthy Soil Mitigate Natural Disasters? Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe ENERGY Russian Invasion Tramples Europe’s Energy Plans Rick Laezman Is Current Battery Technology Sustainable? Nnamdi Anyadike WATER QUALITY When Disasters Strike, Water Systems Follow Jean Thilmany Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Hope from Extracting Water from Air Dr. Rohan S. Dassanayake WASTE MANAGEMENT Japan’s Kamikatsu: A Model of Zero-Waste Living Yasuhiro Kotera ECONOMICS & POLICY Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) at a Political Crossroads Jonathan L. Wharton, Ph.D. EDUCATION Child-led Governance Builds a Sustainable World Edwin Maria John

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

CONTENTS NEWS SECTION UNESCO “World in 2030” Report Shows Climate Change is Top Global Concern The Earth & I Editorial Team COVID-19 Has Taken Resources and Attention Away from Tuberculosis The Earth & I Editorial Team Nepal's Disaster Plans to Address Climate Change and Inclusion The Earth & I Editorial Team DATA SECTION How Much Tropical Rainforest Did We Lose in 2020? The Earth & I Editorial Team How Much Plastic Is In the Ocean? The Earth & I Editorial Team What Is the Problem With Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? The Earth & I Editorial Team How Much Food Gets Tossed When We Don't Eat It? The Earth & I Editorial Team What Do You Know About Tiger Poaching in India? The Earth & I Editorial Team Why Is 1.5°C Important? The Earth & I Editorial Team What Are Some Ways That Disasters Affect Women? The Earth & I Editorial Team How Much Waste Does The US Produce? The Earth & I Editorial Team What Happened to Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in 2020? The Earth & I Editorial Team ECOSYSTEMS Invasive Hippos in Colombia: An Issue Too Big To Ignore Germán Leonardo Jiménez Romero Saving the Bengal Tiger: Indigenous Spirituality Shines Adrian A. Lopes FOOD Our Interview with John Kempf: His Vision for Regenerating Soil Health The Earth & I Editorial Team Seaweed Science Tackles Methane Gas—From Cows! Ermias Kebreab and Breanna M. Roque HUMAN HEALTH Chili Peppers: The Health Benefits of “Heat” Ivette Guzman Early-Life Diet and Exercise Impact Later-Life Microbiome Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe CLIMATE CHANGE Animals Running from Climate Change Can’t Cross Border Walls Richard Kemeny Norway Kick-Starts $2.98B Carbon Capture and Storage Project Nnamdi Anyadike NATURAL DISASTERS Child Survivors Tell Their Story: Why Did So Many Women Die During the Natural Disaster in Aceh? Maila D.H. Rahiem ENERGY Agrivoltaics: Farming Food and Energy at the Same Time Norman Shafto Low Carbon Gases and Electrification Vie to Decarbonize the Home Jeremy Bowden WATER QUALITY Can Purification Technologies End Microplastic Pollution? Stuart Nathan Securing Europe’s Freshwater Future with Nature-Based Solutions Robin Whitlock WASTE MANAGEMENT Kenya’s Growing Pain: Sustainable Solid Waste Management Moses Kathuri Njeru ECONOMICS & POLICY UK Report on the Economics of Biodiversity: Is Nature an Asset or Invaluable? Dhanada K. Mishra EDUCATION One Man’s Mission: Saving Buffalo’s Waters and Inspiring Local Youth Becky Hoag