Here are the OC threads for October, the eighth month in the old Roman calendar, and the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere. Cheers, PY   'Saving our civilisation i...

Today, our last full day together as a group, was spent learning about and witnessing the site of the proposed coal-fired power plant at Desert Rock, just outside of Burnham, NM.  In the morni...

What a day!  We were in the car for most of the day, and so I'll share just a bit about our journey with Louise Benally, of Big Mountain, an activist for the restoration of Navajo land ri...

We started the day this morning at a very interesting breakfast meeting with Valencia Herder, of North Leupp Family Farms.  Despite being both very busy and sick, Valencia sat with us for a co...

We arrived in Flagstaff, AZ this morning -- what a sweet place!  Everyone was surprised to rise up out of the beautiful saguaro-strewn desert into the nearly alpine terrain of northern Arizona...

After a beautiful drive from Tucson, we arrived in Phoenix this morning and prepared to meet Lori Riddle, of Gila River Alliance for a Clean Environment.  GRACE is an amazing and wholly grassr...

After a day of travel yesterday, we've gone from the high desert of northern Nevada to the verdant, mountainous expanses of the Sonoran region.  Starting in Tucson this morning, we drove ...

The Treaty of Ruby Valley, also known as the Peace and Friendship Treaty, was signed by representatives of the United States government and the Western Shoshone Nation in 1863.  The treaty (