Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health
Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive and overscheduled. Further, they have developed the technological means to be constantly connected
Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive and overscheduled. Further, they have developed the technological means to be constantly connected
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.
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the U.S. came together to “rescue” federal data on climate change, thought to be
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.”
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Big business says it’s leading the world to a sustainable future. But a new book says that’s a highly implausible claim. Transnational corporations, or TNCs,
UK High street restaurant chain Leon is to ditch plastic cutlery, it declared yesterday. Throwaway knives, forks and spoons which end up choking the environment
The planned investment is significantly higher than the previously announced target of $4.5bn by 2020. Of the 40 electrified vehicles Ford plans for its global
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
China wants forests to cover 26 per cent of its land by 2035. China has announced plans to plant new forests in 2018 that will
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
Poke, a dish made from raw tuna, is enjoying huge popularity far beyond its native Hawaii. But where is all that fish coming from? It
In 2013 the United Nations declared Dec. 5 to be World Soil Day, a recognition of the significance of healthy soil in both improving food security
I’m an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That’s why I spent the last three years as Google’s Design Ethicist caring about how
“Oh, that’s like me,” Underhill says, reaching for it. “That’s my kind of plant.” The Botanical Garden’s therapeutic horticulture program has grown in popularity in
(Audio) Gary Snyder’s life and work as a poet spans from the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s to today. He’s won
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM If assembled, innovations from three spheres of economic activity – those using natural ecosystems, social and collaborative
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
If your diet includes seafood it could mean you’re swallowing up to 11,000 pieces of plastic a year, scientists have warned – and it’s going
A plan for zero tolerance of plastic pollution of the oceans may be agreed by nations at a UN environment summit. Governments are being asked