The food crisis is only getting worse. The answer involves a deep shift in the way our food comes to us. By making local governments pay attention to hunger, a range of organizations, working on everything from local food purchasing programs to farmers markets, are shaping the future of food.
Providing food for people in need 鈥 regardless of whether they are 鈥渄eserving鈥 is a central part of Sara Miles' spiritual journey. St Gregory's food pantry in San Francisco.
As climate change and worldwide shortages loom, will people fight over water or join together to protect it? A global water justice movement is demanding a change in international law to ensure the universal right to clean water for all.
Investment in energy projects will total $16 trillion in the next two decades. Sarah van Gelder lays out over a dozen sustainable energy policies and technologies that can make our infrastructure more climate friendly.
Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.
Why are farmers鈥 markets, community supported agriculture, direct farm-to-household marketing, organics, and humanely raised meats all on the increase?
Hunter Lovins helped found and manage the Rocky Mountain Institute, famous for turning conventional wisdom about energy on its head. She鈥檚 still changing minds in the worlds of business, nonprofits, and government, showing a more sustainable path to prosperity.
Mono Lake activists fought a 16-year David-versus-Goliath battle against the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) to stop water diversions to Los Angeles. Yet the rural community and the city have emerged from the fray as watershed partners.
Your lawn and garden can be both beautiful and water efficient. Xeriscaping is the creative use of native plants that are beautiful, drought-tolerant, and sustainable.
Waste, pollution, population growth, global
trade rules, and now privatization are threatening billions of
people with water scarcity. How can we reclaim water for all
life?
The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.
a story of a vegetarian who learned how to hunt
on his land. He developed his own personal ecology, which
included eating locally and responsible
hunting.