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The Restored Lands Advocate
The Restored Lands Advocate is the official publication of Restored Lands Nonprofit. It features current policy reforms, corporate impacts on the environment, stories fostering sustainability and connection to our environment, actionable causes, health insights, and more.
Our other publication is our newsletter that comes out four times a year.
The Restored Lands Advocate works with local and non-local writers from around the country. Our writers are generally college students who are working towards degrees and seeking bigger jobs & internships! If you enjoy an article that you've read, consider donating to help the organization continue its work.
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Weighing the True Cost of Our Renewable Energy Transition
Are green technologies truly green? Green energy systems rely on toxic mineral mining, non-recyclable landfill waste, altered farmlands, and massive reservoir methane emissions. Is our rush to reach Net Zero solving the ecological crisis, or are we simply shifting destruction?
Liyana Zaman
Sep 107 min read
Is Mining the Boundary Waters Advancing a Green Future?
A political tug-of-war has left the Boundary Waters vulnerable to industrial mining. The global race toward a carbon neutral future requires an immense influx of raw minerals, putting America’s most-visited wilderness on the front lines of the clean energy transition. In our rush to build green infrastructure, breaking an interconnected system of lakes and ruining a way of life proves that no energy model is truly impact-free.
Liyana Zaman
Jun 257 min read
Understanding Carbon Credits: Worth It or Another Scheme at Play?
Carbon offsetting credits have been around for decades, and while most people have heard of them, they often don’t know what they mean or how they work.
Avril Silva
Jun 84 min read
Can Oats be the Solution to Eliminating PFAS in Your Body?
Discover how oats can help eliminate PFAS from your body. Learn about oats' role in reducing these "forever chemicals" and improving health.
Avril Silva
May 144 min read
Inside Leadville’s California Gulch Milling Proposal Debate
A milling company’s permit application proposes to reprocess old mine waste in Leadville's California Gulch Superfund site and is drawing opposition from residents and environmental groups.
Trisha Sannappanavar
May 99 min read
Inside the Amazon: Centuries of Spiritual Survival
The Amazon Rainforest is the spiritual and cultural heartbeat of the hundreds of Indigenous communities who have lived within it for thousands of years, where the spirit of the Amazon shapes daily life.
Liyana Zaman
Mar 319 min read
How Community Supported Agriculture is Reshaping Food Security
As global food systems become increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks and supply chain disruptions, community supported agriculture also known as CSA is an emerging model. This has long been treated as an alternative approach but is now being reexamined as a viable response to food insecurity, reconnecting consumers with farmers while challenging market-driven food distribution systems.
Trisha Sannappanavar
Mar 47 min read
Inside the Amazon: Wild, Dangerous, and Under Industrial Siege
Industry in the Amazon Rainforest is ravishing ecosystems and leaving species fighting for survival. With continued unchecked actions, it's up to the people to make a difference now.
Liyana Zaman
Feb 188 min read
Inside the Amazon: The Human Cost of Mining an Ancient Rainforest
Did you know mining the Amazon Rainforest is directly impacting human life? With ongoing mining and deforestation, Indigenous communities are up against industrial threats like never before. Beyond destroying land Indigenous people have depended on and protected for centuries, environmental crime fuels an ongoing struggle marked by escalating violence, displacement, and cultural erosion.
Liyana Zaman
Feb 25 min read
Pesticide Liability Shields: A Battle Between Corporate Interests and Earth's Health
Right now shields are being put in place to release chemical companies from any accountability when their products cause illness or cancer. See what you can do about it...
Flannery Streiff
Sep 6, 20255 min read
Can Living Sustainably Really Cost Less?
Would you believe leading a sustainable life could actually save you money? Read this article to see how!
Flannery Streiff
Aug 14, 20255 min read
The Vail Gore Creek Petition & The Bigger Picture
Not sure if this issue is something you should care about? Learn why it may be worth your time and consider making an impact by adding your name to the Vail Gore Creek Petition!
Flannery Streiff
Jun 16, 20257 min read
Environmental and Life Lessons Found in Family Movie Night: Norm of the North
Lessons of Corporate and Government Corruption Enabing the Decline of Our Environment and Sticking Up to the Bullies Causing You Harm
Henry C. Passerini
Jun 6, 20259 min read
How to Live Sustainably, for Yourself and the World Around You: Petitions and Turning Inward
This new collection will feature 4 ways you can take part in living sustainably – through an environmental and societal impact as well as a mind and body practice!
Henry C. Passerini
May 24, 20254 min read
Epic Promise or Epic Problem? The Truth Behind Vail Resorts' Environmental Impact
Learn more about Vail Resorts' track record dating back to the 90's and now picking up speed in the early 2020's
Henry C. Passerini
Apr 29, 20259 min read
What Vail Resorts Doesn’t Want You to Know: Pollution, Wildlife Harm & Questionable Ethics
In our first kids article: Learn of Vails' environmental pollution and wildlife habitat impact that dates back longer than you've been alive! Learn more.
Henry C. Passerini
Apr 28, 20254 min read
The Gore Creek’s Decline and Vail Resorts’ Contributing Role
Gain insight on Gore Creeks environmental history and health as well as the role Vail Resorts has played in its decline
Vince Passerini
Apr 26, 20252 min read
Vail Resorts’ Sustainability Claims Don’t Ski Straight: A Tale of Profit Over Planet with an Environmental Track Record
Understand more about Vail Resorts' operations and how they do not align with their Epic Promise's commitments
Henry C. Passerini
Apr 21, 202511 min read
3 Threatened Pollinator Species That Can Use Our Help: The Bumble Bee & Monarch Butterfly
Learn about 3 declining pollinators, why we are loosing them and how you can help restore their populations!
Henry C. Passerini
Mar 31, 20259 min read
Why Do We Pick Up Dog Poop?: A Guide to Understanding the Issue
Let this blog post be your guide to understanding the pet poop issue we face in a vast number of communities.
Henry C. Passerini
Mar 9, 20256 min read
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