Avoiding priority calls for the right and wrong reasons
Dry times on the Rio Grande: Minnow numbers hit historic lows
A systems approach to understanding water in New Mexico
Art for the people – Mexico and New Mexico, then and now
There are few countries where public art is more vibrant than in Mexico. In any part of that country it often seems that every ancient ruin, plaza or green space, building, wall, or simple dish of food was made to delight the senses.
New Mexico’s Economic Drought
Going home homeless
The Coming Water Wars in Mexico
Once forbidden as a transgression of God’s natural laws, irrigated agriculture backed by increasingly deep wells and the most advanced farming machinery has become the norm. Mennonite farmers are meeting—and taking advantage of—the challenges of climate change and intensifying drought cycles by embracing the most unsustainable practices of capital-intensive, resource-depleting agribusiness...
Syncretism for the twenty-first century: Some notes from Mexico
The word syncretism generally describes a blending of two disparate, often antagonistic, elements. One dominates, but sensitive observation easily unearths the other. The conquered culture remains, often in powerful ways.
Taking a stand on the Rio Grande
In the final days before the expected destruction of the Asarco stacks in El Paso, critics have not ceased their demands for a halt to the demolition on environmental and public health grounds.