Able-bodied people tend to freeze up when someone with an unfamiliar disability shows up in their environment.  They suddenly turn away, speak foolishly, or bumble too aggressively in our direction.  The result is awkward – and sometime dangerous. Questions arise:  Should I help someone by pushing their wheelchair?  Can blind people cross the road without … Continued


Terra Verde

Terra Verde – California Drought and Water Equity

Camille Pannu, a professor of law and community development at UC Irvine and community water rights in California for nearly a decade, and Nataly Escobedo Garcia, water program policy coordinator for Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, talk with Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra about the impending drought in … Continued