Agroecology is Advancing Around the Globe. Will the U.S. Take Part?
With its strong focus on social change for small farmers, agroecology is going mainstream worldwide, but the American food movement has yet to catch up.
With its strong focus on social change for small farmers, agroecology is going mainstream worldwide, but the American food movement has yet to catch up.
Two years ago, former NASA climate scientist James Hansen and a number of colleagues laid out a dire scenario in which gigantic pulses of fresh water from
Our understanding of Earth — and how we’re changing it — just keeps expanding. Earth Day turns 48 today, April 22, and Google is celebrating it with
A new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for
In front of a standing room only courtroom audience, the case of The People of California vs. B.P. P.L.C. et al. took an important step forward yesterday. In
Teekay vessel Eduard Toll is designed to cut through ice and take advantage of the opening of Russia’s Arctic coastline to industry. An LNG tanker
Imagine a newly elected president of the United States calling in his inaugural speech for an “ecological civilization” that ensures “harmony between human and nature.”
There are more than 11 billion pieces of plastic debris on coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific, according to our new research, which also found that
Coral reefs have always lived near the edge. Now, thanks to global warming, life there is five times more precarious. Forty years ago, the world’s
Vast 1.8m sq km fishing-free zone would protect species, such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/13/worlds-biggest-wildlife-reserve-planned-for-antarctica-in-global-campaign
Much news about the environment in 2017 focused on controversies over Trumpadministration actions, such as proposals to promote more use of coal and budget cuts at relevant federal
Belize, home of the largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere, has permanently suspended oil operations in its ocean waters. The legislation marks the first time that
Ryan Zinke has recommended three major marine monuments be reduced to allow greater commercial fishing, prompting anguish from environmental groups. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/02/us-ocean-monuments-environment-trump
In order to address the harmful impacts of meat on human health and the environment, several different organizations have proposed that the U.S. government impose
Around the world, chronically low crop prices are keeping farmers from making a living despite record harvests. Crops are in across the U.S. farm belt,
This is an academic study. Abstract Climate models provide the principal means of projecting global warming over the remainder of the twenty-first century but modelled
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM If assembled, innovations from three spheres of economic activity – those using natural ecosystems, social and collaborative
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” Buckminster Fuller In these times of increasing uncertainty and volatility we must
Evidence keeps mounting that, in stressful times, there is much to gain by surrounding yourself with plants and trees. http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/new-study-links-living-near-forests-to-healthier-brains-20171130