nature - Deceleration

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

The Tamaulipan thornforest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border with Mexico. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

By Grist

/ 12 Apr 2025

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

VIDEO: Yup’ik Educator on Migratory Birds as Global Citizens

‘These birds don’t care about the laws you make or the borders you draw. They need to migrate, procreate, and raise their young.’ —Angutekaraq Estelle Thomson

By Ceiba Ili

/ 11 Sep 2024

VIDEO: Yup’ik Educator on Migratory Birds as Global Citizens

Stop the Attack on Migratory Birds in San Antonio—Eggs and Chicks Are in Those Nests

City of San Antonio contractors have been seen trying to dislodge migratory birds at Woodlawn Lake. The rookery is full of babies and eggs. Call these elected reps to stop it.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Jun 2024

Stop the Attack on Migratory Birds in San Antonio—Eggs and Chicks Are in Those Nests

COP27 Summary: Key Outcomes for Food, Forests, Land, and Nature at UN Climate Talks

The COP27 summit in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh made history by including food, tipping points and the right to a healthy environment.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Nov 2022

Rev. Billy Prophesies for the Trees

The Lorax taught us to speak for the trees. But what if we also learned to listen to them? Rev. Billy Talen When trees are cut, they send out the

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Jun 2022

EXCLUSIVE: State Regulator’s Emails Contradict City Staff Claims Over Brackenridge River Wall

Statements of Texas Historical Commission staff don’t jibe with City claims that towering trees must be removed to fix the river wall.

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Mar 2022

EXCLUSIVE: State Regulator’s Emails Contradict City Staff Claims Over Brackenridge River Wall

Honor All Life: Make Ecocide an International Crime

To stop the destruction of life on this planet, international criminal codes must expand beyond human-focused war crimes and genocide to include ecocide—recognizing non-human life has inherent value. Heather

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Jul 2021

PODCAST: San Antonio’s ‘War on Birds’ Keeps Expanding

Two years ago, the City of San Antonio launched a war on the birds of Elmendorf Lake. The target was the hundreds of cattle egrets who have been roosting at this Westside ecological gem for decades. By razing the island to the ground, and dismantling possibly hundreds of nests, the assault destroyed

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Mar 2021

PODCAST: San Antonio’s ‘War on Birds’ Keeps Expanding

To Help Stop the Age of Extinction, Give Nature a New Pronoun

For Indigenous scholar Robin Wall Kimmerer, Western grammatical norms of using “it” to refer to more-than-human relatives absolve settler cultures of moral responsibility for exploiting and dominating nature. Here’s

By Marisol Cortez

/ 19 Mar 2021

To Help Stop the Age of Extinction, Give Nature a New Pronoun

Four Ways to Help Children Cope with the Damage We’ve Done to Our Planet

Louise Chawla As an environmental psychologist who works to improve children’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that brings two bodies of research together: one on connecting

By Greg Harman

/ 17 Nov 2020

Four Ways to Help Children Cope with the Damage We’ve Done to Our Planet

EP13: Charles Roundtree Bloom Project; Rights of Nature in SATX, Yanawana Herbolarios

Deceleration.Live Episode 13 comes after a month-long break at the broadcast. In it we weave together several critical conversations on emerging movements and thought rising in San Antonio, including

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Jul 2020

EP13: Charles Roundtree Bloom Project; Rights of Nature in SATX, Yanawana Herbolarios

TAKE ACTION: ‘Words for Birds’ Writing Workshop

https://youtu.be/FX26sckcAcM Bird is still the word! Join us for the 12th annual Words For Birds, a two-part event celebrating all things avian for National Poetry Month. While

By Marisol Cortez

/ 24 Apr 2020

TAKE ACTION: ‘Words for Birds’ Writing Workshop