Environment
To promote comparison and synthesis across reports, American Roundtable is organized around five broad themes: Public Space, Health, Work and Economy, Infrastructure, and Environment. Editors of each report were given wide latitude to interpret each theme. Collected below are features that address topics and issues related to the Environment.
From Prison to Farm: Lifting Up a New Generation
Noran Sanford discusses GrowingChange, a nonprofit empowering North Carolina youth.
The Land is Our Identity
Jorden Revels shares his story of environmental activism.
A Coastal Ecology: The Foundation of Place
Barbara Swift charts the complex systems of climate and ecology of the Southwest Washington coast.
“Water is Life (Oliver’s Song)” | Otero County
Lyla June and Oliver Enjady present their song and poem “Water is Life (Oliver’s Song),” a testament to water’s central importance in Mescalero Apache culture.
Present Ghosts: River Valley
In this graphic series, artist Nina Elder reinterprets archival photographs of the River Valley to look past its industrial development.