Fracking the Suburbs: An Explosive Combination?
As oil and gas get harder to find, the industry is drilling in suburbia鈥攁nd the neighbors aren鈥檛 pleased.
Environment
The Farm Bill鈥檚 鈥淕overnment Handouts鈥�: Who Really Benefits?
There鈥檚 nothing like talk of 鈥済overnment handouts鈥� to get people upset. But when it comes to farm bill, the real culprits might not be who you think they are.
Would Smokey the Bear Get Arrested to Stop Fracking?
When artist Lopi LaRoe used Smokey the Bear imagery to encourage anti-fracking activism, the Forest Service threatened her with a lawsuit.
Vermont Time Bankers Build a More Personal Economy
Video: Whatever service you might need, you鈥檙e likely to be able to get it at Onion River Time Bank, where you pay by doing what you love.
鈥淲orld鈥檚 Greenest Office Building鈥� Makes Net-Zero Look Easy
It鈥檚 a commercial office space equipped with composting toilets, rainwater showers, and a stairway designed to be so beautiful that no one ever takes the elevator.
Newly Released Tim DeChristopher Finds a Movement Transformed by His Courage
Tim DeChristopher, who was just released from federal custody, is best known as the man who disrupted an auction of pristine public lands. But there鈥檚 more to his story than his role as 鈥淏idder 70.鈥�
Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops
Space is expensive in Brooklyn, so Gotham Greens built their urban farm on a rooftop.
A World without Landfills? It鈥檚 Closer than You Think
Two recipients of this year鈥檚 Goldman Environmental Prize are working to abolish the practice of sending trash to landfills and incinerators. And the idea is catching on.
Resources from The Food Project
The Food Project, based in the Boston area, focuses on sustainable agriculture and youth leadership, and graciously shares many of its manuals, activities, and curricula for free.
Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii
Hawaii generates more of its power from the sun than any other state. Here鈥檚 what the rest of us can learn from the obstacles that came up along the way and and what鈥檚 being done to overcome them.
Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
The book Harvesting Justice isn鈥檛 just a look at the world鈥檚 most exciting food justice groups鈥攊t鈥檚 also a knockout organizing tool.
Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
鈥淭he Seed Underground鈥� is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green
A century ago, cooperatives electrified the poorest counties in the nation. Today, can they lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid?
Gas Industry Report Calls Anti-Fracking Movement a 鈥淗ighly Effective Campaign鈥�
A report intended to help the oil and gas industry squash the anti-fracking movement turns out to be full of useful information鈥攁nd admits that much of what activists are saying is true.
Shh! Will U.S. Navy Turn It Down for Whales and Dolphins?
Human allies of whales and dolphins have long had difficulty reining in the Navy鈥檚 use of sonar that harms these animals. But recent developments suggest that may be starting to change.
Why You Don鈥檛 Frack With John Lennon鈥檚 Farm
When fracking hits close to home, Mark Ruffalo, Debra Winger, Yoko Ono, and other big names find common ground with small towns.
The Coming Climate Exodus: What We鈥檙e Doing to Help Wildlife鈥檚 New Migration
As climate change forces species to head for cooler climates, biologists are using new tools and partnerships to make sure we help鈥攁nd don't hinder鈥攖heir flight.
Behind the Kitchen Door: A Must-Read for Anyone Who Eats at Restaurants
Review: More than half of the nation鈥檚 worst-paid jobs are related to food. Saru Jayaraman鈥檚 new book dives into the explosive movement for better rights for those who plant, process, and cook the food we eat.
Puget Sound Tribe Plans for Rising Seas
Video: The Swinomish tribe could lose up to 15 percent of their land on low-lying Fidalgo Island to climate-change related sea level rise. They鈥檙e working with planners to make sure they can survive鈥攁nd thrive鈥攊n the region鈥檚 changing climate.
Farmer-Philosopher Fred Kirschenmann on Food and the Warming Future
In this wide-ranging interview, Kirschenmann gives 精东影业 the dirt on the future of farming.
Instead of Trying to Feed the World, Let鈥檚 Help It Feed Itself
We know about the ecological problems that follow when farmers are asked to 鈥渇eed the world.鈥� What would happen if they just tried to feed their neighbors instead?
Largest Climate Rally in U.S. History Comes to Washington
What does it sound like when 40,000 people raise their voices for climate justice at once?
Edible Insects: Gross-Out or Global Food Solution?
Cultural attitudes toward food tend to change slowly. But as we struggle to feed a growing population, insects present a remarkably plentiful source of nutrition.
Arrests in Washington Signal Increasing Urgency on Keystone Pipeline
Forty-eight leaders of environmentalist groups such as the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and 350.org were arrested today while participating in civil disobedience. They were demanding that President Barack Obama stop construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Oakland Youth Swap Fast Food for Fresh Food
Video: A group of young people in West Oakland are taking control of what they eat and using pedal power to bring local groceries to produce-strapped communities.
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