People Stories

Meet the visionary who restored 5,500 acres of wrecked Texas land to paradise

Fifty years ago, the wildly inspiring David Bamberger bought the worst land he could find with the aim of bringing…

8 years ago

Mahlagha Mallah: Mother of Iran’s Environment

Mahlagha Mallah, known as the “mother of Iran’s environment,” has devoted her life to raising awareness of environmental issues in…

8 years ago

Watergrabbing — A Story of Water

WATERGRABBING: HOW YOU CAN SAVE THE PLANET AND HELP THE ONES DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO WATER — The expression…

8 years ago

Saluting Women Water Warriors

Kayapó women bathe their children in the waters of the Xingu. Photo by Glenn Switkes. In many parts of the…

8 years ago

A tribute to California’s ‘First Lady of Water’

"My jaw dropped when I pulled a carbon-copied transcript of a 1960 water committee hearing fully identifying the 'Davis' as…

8 years ago

She Saved a River. And a City.

The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco — a maze-like medieval city that’s a World Heritage site.…

10 years ago