Kelpie Wilson is Truthout's environment editor. Trained as a mechanical engineer, she embarked on a career as a forest protection activist, then returned to engineering as a technical writer for the solar power industry. She is the author of "Primal Tears," an eco-thriller about a hybrid human-bonobo girl.

Her latest article in Truthout talks about Leonardo DiCaprio's new documentary film, "The 11th Hour," and other films on the environment.