Health and wellbeingThe Kogi people are warning society of destruction we face if we fail to embrace natureDeep in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, surrounded by jungle (and guerrillas, tomb raiders and drug traffickers), live 20,000 indigenous Kogi people. A culturally intact pre-Colombian society, they've lived in seclusion since the Spanish conquest 500 years ago. Highly attuned to nature, the Kogi believe they exist to care for the world – a world they fear we are destroying. Read More...
It's been almost 20 years since the film adaptation of Holes, starring Shia LaBeouf and Kleo Thomas, was released. But fans of the children's classic were given a special treat when Thomas, who played Zero (a.k.a. Hector Zeroni), performed the soundtrack's hit song, "Dig It," which was originally recorded by the D-Tent boys in the film.
Thomas surprised the Disney-loving crowd at Be Our Guest NYC, performing the song live for the first time. Read More...
An underground greenhouse currently under construction in Pine Ridge. Photograph: Dawn E. LeBeau/The GuardianAn underground greenhouse currently under construction in Pine Ridge. Photograph: Dawn E. LeBeau/The GuardianOur unequal earthNative AmericansUnderground greenhouses are helping people to take back control of their nutrition and ease farming amid the climate crisis
Near the southern border of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a curved translucent roof peeks out a few feet above the dusty plains. Read More...