Food from these islands has fed people for hundreds of years, but the chinampas are under threat from urbanization. The ...

Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family's chinampa — one ...

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from ...

Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family's chinampa — one ...

Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from encroaching urbanization. Low prices for farmers’ produce are forcing more families ...

Over the next few days, Garcia and her classmates at ELAC learned about the region’s chinampas, islands the Aztecs created in the 15th century to grow crops. They also learned about what local ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Last spring, news outlets were full of headlines about Mexico ...

Purely technical solutions to the challenges of sustainable development will likely end in failure. Living within planetary boundaries will require a unified effort across disciplines and economies.

The Supreme Court recently declined to suspend new environmental rules requiring oil and gas operations to cut their methane emissions, allowing the rules to move forward while challenges play out ...

Floating island gardens, or chinampas, built by the Aztecs are an example of such techniques. They take up waterborne nutrients so that agriculture thrives on top, while the water beneath them is ...

Floating island gardens, or chinampas, built by the Aztecs are an example of such techniques. They take up waterborne nutrients so that agriculture thrives on top, while the water beneath them is ...

supporting an extensive local farming system known as chinampas. The causeway that linked the city to the mainland might not exist anymore, but a number of new roads trace its path. (Thomas Kole ...