Good Neighbors

What happens when everyday people trade culture wars for coalitions focused on protecting the planet?

This limited series visits six rural communities in the United States to shine a light, in high-stakes and real-world terms, on what we can accomplish when we set aside our differences to honor a shared reverence for and reliance on nature.

Hear from Good Neighbors author Katie Hill.

Edition 1

Come Hell or High Water

Come Hell or High Water How a small town on the Downeast coast of Maine became a poster child for building climate resilience in conservative, rural America.

Edition 2

The Louisiana Fishermen Refusing To Go Down With the Ship

The Louisiana Fishermen Refusing To Go Down With the Ship Cameron, Louisiana, used to be the largest exporter of seafood in the U.S. Now, it’s one of the largest exporters of liquefied natural gas.

Edition 3

Three Iowa Corn and Soy Farmers Challenge the Industry That Raised Them

Three Iowa Corn and Soy Farmers Challenge the Industry That Raised Them The Lobe Rangers are calling out what Big Ag’s dated practices are doing to profit margins, water quality, and their families’ health.

Edition 4

The Big Small Town Holding the Borderline

The Big Small Town Holding the Borderline Community members successfully stand down the federal government’s attempts to build a border wall through Texas’ famed Big Bend region.

Edition 5

Where Speed Goats Cross the High Sage Seas

Where Speed Goats Cross the High Sage Seas Wyoming hunters, biologists, ranchers, politicians, and the public band together to protect sagebrush for pronghorn.

Edition 6

Redeeming a River in Kingwood, West Virginia

Redeeming a River in Kingwood, West Virginia A community comes together to bring the Cheat River watershed back from the grip of acid mine drainage pollution.