Celebrating The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen - A Nautilus Book Award Winner! We are thrilled to announce that The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen has been honored with the prestigious Gold Nautilus Book Award in the category of Restorative Earth...
Since the early 20th century, multinational corporations have repeatedly claimed ownership of nature and indigenous knowledge systems from developing countries by means of patents, turning the biodiversity of the commons into private, commercialized property. This...
Life Under Glass: A Message of Planetary Stewardship We are excited to announce the soon approaching release of the second edition of Life Under Glass: Crucial Lessons in Planetary Stewardship from Two Years in Biosphere 2 which tells the inside story of Biosphere...
"Spaceship Earth" Documentary on Biosphere 2 Premieres at Sundance Film Festival Last weekend, some of our authors, John Allen and Mark Nelson, along with publisher, Deborah Snyder, attended the premiere of this long awaited film at the Sundance Film Festival in...
Above: Peyote Meeting at Mirando City, Texas, from Reflections on the Peyote Road, by Jerry Patchen, ESPD50 (photo courtesy of Robert Black) What is Peyote? Peyote, scientifically known as Lophophora williamsii, is a small, spineless cactus native to North America,...
Leaders, Educators and Activists take Climate Change Seriously in Puerto Rico On October 30, nearly 300 people gathered together to take part in the one-day symposium No Escape: The Reality of Climate Change Here & Now at the Fundación Luis Muñoz MarÃn in San...
Richard Evans Schultes; The Father of Contemporary EthnobotanyRichard Evans Schultes is one of the most important plant explorers known to the 20th century. Initially a medical student at Harvard, he later went on to do a course in economic botany, finding himself...