Articles by Michelle Nijhuis
Michelle Nijhuis is the author of the 2021 book Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in the Age of Extinction. Follow her on Twitter.
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Interviews with the 2007 winners of the Goldman Prize
This year’s Goldman Prize winners fight for justice in the farm fields of Ireland and far beyond. Photo: Willie and Mary Corduff The digital age might allow us to transcend […]
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Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva fights illegal logging in the Amazon
In the northern Brazilian state of Pará, where the mouth of the Amazon cuts into the continent, illegal logging, industrial farming, and a human-driven cycle of massive wildfires are destroying […]
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Craig Williams took on the Pentagon to stop chemical-waste burning
“We’re a little outnumbered, and a little outspent,” says Craig Williams, “but we’ve turned around decisions by the biggest bureaucracy on the planet.” Williams, founder of the nonprofit Chemical Weapons […]
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Anne Kajir combats the greed of Papua New Guinea’s timber barons
The highlands of Papua New Guinea cradle some of the most remote places in the world, and are home to an astounding diversity of languages, cultures, and plant and animal […]
