Island Permaculture Coalition International

07/06/2026

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Pope Leo XIV marked July 4 with an appeal to Americans to receive immigrants with “compassion and generosity” as he made a visit to the frontlines of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. https://cnn.it/4azUZZh

07/06/2026

Goats are doing serious work in California right now—eating their way through dry brush and shrubs before wildfire season hits. It sounds simple, but it's genuinely effective. They munch on vegetation that would otherwise become fuel for fires, and they do it without machinery, chemicals, or heavy equipment.

What makes goats so practical for this is their ability to reach steep, rocky terrain where machines can't go. They'll clear invasive plants too. It's the kind of solution that works because it's straightforward—you're not fighting against nature, you're using it.

Sometimes the best approach to a problem has four legs and an appetite.

04/07/2026

We’re proud to share that In These Times won Third Place in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Small, for “The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders,” reported by Alessandra Bergamin, with illustrations by Matt Rota.

The investigation built a first-of-its-kind database of nearly 600 killings of environmental defenders over a decade, revealing that half involved state actors. It also exposed a critical accountability gap by linking violence in the Philippines to U.S. security assistance and military training.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/brandon-lee-philippines-violence-environmental-activists

03/28/2026

“We are in the imperial core. We are the only ones that can actually change this. The rest of the world's been ready. They are waiting for us because they don't want to fu***ng die at the hands of our insane, belligerent military empire.”

03/13/2026

As Cuba faces widespread blackouts and shortages, over 400 activists and solidarity groups are organizing a convoy to deliver humanitarian aid to the island amid the decades-long U.S. blockade, including Kneecap, Hassan Piker & Code Pink.

With large parts of Cuba currently in the dark due to power outages, organizers say the convoy aims to bring essential supplies — from food to medical aid — directly to communities struggling under the combined pressure of economic sanctions and infrastructure collapse.

01/22/2026

Kalaallit Nunaat is the Indigenous name for Greenland, rooted in the Kalaallisut language.

It means “the land of the Kalaallit,” reflecting an Inuit worldview where land is defined by relationship and belonging — not ownership.

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