Animals and War

Animals and war may sound like a strange pairing: while we know from Jane Goodall’s research that chimpanzee groups do in fact go to “war” with each other, armed conflict is a distinctly human activity. Yet given our… Read More

The Story of the Political Unrest in Kenya Following the 2007 Election

It’s been three weeks since Kenyans went to the polls to elect a new president and parliament. Millions of Kenyans turned out in what initially seemed a free, fair and even exultant process for most voters. What happened… Read More

Brighter Green’s First Publication: A White Paper Analyzing the U.S. Farm Bill

In June 2007, Mia MacDonald’s Brighter Green and Gene Baur of Farm Sanctuary collaborated on a 28-page white paper that addressed the 2007 Farm Bill. We wanted to approach the paper from a holistic perspective: in other words,… Read More