Independent journalism by Samuel N. Gilbert

featuring reporting on immigration, border communities, international conflict, climate change, and Indigenous foodways. A portfolio of published work from leading global news outlets

No ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare for those caught in first atomic bomb’s fallout

The Washington Post
CommentTULAROSA, N.M. — A strong rumble woke 13-year-old Lucy Benavidez Garwood in the darkness,shaking the three-room adobe house where she and her family lived and rattling dishes in the kitchen
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The US government has neglected Native agriculture systems, so Indigenous communities are organizing their own food hubs

The Guardian
On the Hopi reservation in the high desert of northern Arizona, construction is underway. A dilapidated auto garage is being converted into a fully-equipped kitchen, food storage areas, dining room
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Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment

The Washington Post
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the world has experienced profound ecological changes. Wildlife populations have , the result of habitat loss caused by rapid industrialization and changing temperatures.
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Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats
In the rugged Tumacácori mountain region 45 minutes south of Tucson, the Wild Chile Botanical Area (WCBA) was established in 1999 to protect and study the chiltepin pepper—the single wild
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‘I was thrilled and shocked’: images raise hopes of return of wild jaguars to the US

The Guardian
The young, muscular male approached from the east at about 4am. He paused briefly in front of the motion-sensor camera, seemingly posing for the photo. “It was overall a moment
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‘It healed me’: the Indigenous forager reconnecting Native Americans with their roots

The Guardian
On a warm day in April, Twila Cassadore piloted her pickup truck toward the mountains on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona to scout for wild edible plants. A
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The Future of Farming: Vertical Harvest Reimagines Growing Produce in a Sustainable Urban Oasis

Wyoming Truth

JACKSON, Wyo. — On average, fresh produce travels over 1,500 miles from farm to fork in the United States — the equivalent of driving from Los Angeles to Houston.

In

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‘A living pantry’: how an urban food forest in Arizona became a model for climate action

The Guardian
Near downtown Tucson, Arizona, is Dunbar Spring, a neighborhood unlike any other in the city. The unpaved sidewalks are lined with native, food-bearing trees and shrubs fed by rainwater diverted
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Creating The ‘Carbon Capture State’ (Part 1)

The Wyoming Truth
In Wyoming’s coal country, an emerging climate technology takes holdFeb. 15, 2023By Samuel GilbertSpecial to the Wyoming TruthIn 2021, a record high 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide were
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