Gloria’s Story
Some people are simply born in the wrong place. Gloria was 16 years old when realized she was one of those people — after seeing the Rocky Mountains for the first time. After growing up in western Pennsylvania and...
Drip Irrigation Expanding Worldwide
As the world population climbs and water stress spreads around the globe, finding ways of getting more crop per drop to meet our food needs is among the most urgent of challenges. One answer to this call is drip...
The Way Forward: Survival 2100
Credit: European Environment Agency A man and child garden in Ireland’s first ecovillage. The village aims to be self-sufficient in food, with residents growing their own fruit and vegetables. The author’s Survival 2100 plan calls for the continued pursuit...
Who do you trust: Mother Nature or Mr. Wizard?
Why we should respect planetary boundaries Just when you thought weird weather and dying oceans might get us all thinking about how to reduce human impact on this little planet we call home, along comes Breakthrough Institute to propose...
On Point with Bill McKibben
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/06/15/bill-mckibben”>WBUR Environmental champion Bill McKibben joins us on fracking, pipelines, and Mother Earth now. Image credit: Alex Kingsbury/WBUR
Fire, Drought, and Water Stress
Smoke is in the air here in the middle Rio Grande Valley, as winds push charred particulates northeast from the largest fire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The Whitewater-Baldy blaze has now burned more than 350 square miles of the Gila...
On Fighting Climate Change with Family Planning
Bill Ryerson wrote this commentary in response to Fighting Climate Change with Family Planning, an article published at Sierra Club Magazine dealing with the deleterious effects of rapid population growth and proposing five ways to achieve a global population...
The Planet Wreckers
Climate-Change Deniers Are On the Ropes — But So Is the Planet It’s been a tough few weeks for the forces of climate-change denial. First came the giant billboard with Unabomber Ted Kacynzki’s face plastered across it: “I Still...
The Endangered Waters Beneath Our Feet
Fish-shaped Long Island, New York, is underlain by aquifers that are its sole source of drinking water. Photo courtesy of NASA/Wikimedia Commons. Last week, the conservation organization American Rivers released its annual list of the nation’s most-endangered rivers. I...
The Little Grocery That Could
What happens next in the economy – the nation’s, the state’s, and Seattle’s – no longer lies in the hands of Capitol Hill politicians, the Federal Reserve, or even the boards of companies like Microsoft and Starbucks. It depends on...