Dear,
friend of the Journal,
Today, Earth Island Journal is launching its year-end member drive. To be honest, asking for money isn’t fun. I’m a journalist, not a fundraiser nor a salesperson. However, as a nonprofit newsroom, contributions from our readers help us do the hard work of finding and reporting stories — and making those stories available to everyone, without a paywall.

Yes! I'll support the Green Journalism Fund! ([link removed])
Over these last few years, we’ve seen how fragile democracy is, and how shamelessly cronyism exploits the system to benefit the few to the detriment of many. However, we’ve also seen that one of our most effective weapons against well-funded, powerful interests is the strength of community.

In this challenging year, Earth Island Journal covered some incredible stories about the power of community.
* After years of battling the project, residents of a historic Mexican village celebrate a victory against a megadam ([link removed]) that was set to drown their town.
* Local Indigenous communities and ranchers organize against a proposed lithium mine ([link removed]) in Nevada, highlighting green tech’s reliance on extractive industries and practices.
* Community leaders in New York City have been turning vacant lots into food-producing havens ([link removed]) for people and wildlife for more than a century.

When you support Earth Island Journal, you are joining our small community that boasts a big voice. More importantly, your donations fund our reporting on these incredible stories of communities fighting to preserve the natural spaces that sustain us and the species that enrich our lives. It takes the contributions of many to stand up against the powerful few.

We'd love to have you in our community. Won't you join us?

Make a gift to the Green Journalism Fund ([link removed])
Thank you for your support. Have a great weekend!

Maureen Nandini Mitra
Editor, Earth Island Journal
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