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Macaws sit on a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil on October 26, 2022. (REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/Fil

Community Voices ⎸ Policy, mapping and land management: Here’s how Indigenous groups can help the Amazon Rainforest survive

Indigenous activists share some needed steps to ensure action against climate change and protection of Indigenous rights in the Amazon.

Walter Ribeiro, founder of The Dragonfly-e Inc., stands in front of a compost pile at the Wadena County Recycling Center and

Environment

Wadena man develops local biodigester as the biogas field goes 'gangbusters'

We've followed three nascent biodigesters for the last year, and they have all taken longer to launch than initially planned. Walter Ribeiro feels that the need to do so is increasingly urgent.

Warren Schulze, director of operations at Concordia Language Villages-Bemidji, looks at the BioHaus building on Monday, May 2

Environment

Das BioHaus models sustainable living where you might not expect it

A German camp in Minnesota features 3 keys to low-energy living.

Listen, act and hope: These and other insights in our latest column

We're featuring writing by applied physics major Jervon Sands

What does it take to build a rural biodigester from the grassroots up?

Plus another dispatch from COP27!

We're kicking off the year with some joy from artist Nancy X. Valentine

Art, a correction, some celebration and 2 job openings

Community Voices ⎸ Twofer this week! The year in review and a student dispatch from COP27

We've got our first piece from a student who attended the U.N. Climate Change Conference

Curl up for a solutions story on digital literacy in rural America

Learn why internet and digital resources are as important as electricity

Check out the bold artwork of Wasima Farah in this week's Artist's Joy feature

She explores the challenge of being a first-born daughter in a Somali family.