Dawn Allen is a freelance writer and editor who is passionate about sustainability, political economy, gardening, traditional craftwork, and simple living. She and her husband are currently renovating a rural homestead in southeastern Michigan.
Toledo voters recently passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, providing strong protection and personhood status for the world’s 11th largest lake. Will it stand against legal challenges from farmers resistant to change?
After nearly a century of industrial consumerist culture, we have too much stuff. As we start to unpack and purge, let’s find a different way to live.
American household debt is at its highest point since 2008 and people are starting to miss auto loan payments. Can the ancient tradition of the debt jubilee help us mitigate some of the worst effects of modern capitalism?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey unveiled their Green New Deal resolution. What’s in it? Is it realistic? And how will it take us to a better future?
Tom Szaky’s new shopping platform, Loop, is being hailed as our savior from single use plastic waste, but real green solutions don’t scale up that well.
With climate change shrinking habitat and introducing new pests and diseases, what will become of the coffee crop that gets us through the day?
Our two American political and cultural tribes hold to two diametrically opposing worldviews. We’ve tried the Patriarch. It’s time for the Universal Mother.
The Flint water crisis is almost five years old, but it’s far from over. What’s happening now? Here’s a quick rundown.
In a world adrift with ocean plastic and choking on pollutants, green burials are gaining popularity as people want to literally get back to the land.
What would make you change your mind? Often, it requires the buildup of evidence and experience, or making a personal connection, to do the trick.