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Glean slate: Program provides fresh produce to the needy
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
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Supply, demand, and activism: What should the climate movement do next?
After the Keystone campaign ends, should activists focus on reducing demand for dirty energy instead of cutting off supply?
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Put Your Money Where Your Future Is: College Students Lead the Way on Fossil Fuel Divestment
While I loved every one of the thousands of faces I saw at Sunday’s massive Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C., I was especially inspired by the huge number of young people who trekked in from across the nation, carrying signs and banners, chanting and cheering along with the speakers. Amid the crowd close […]
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You have no idea what that fish you’re eating is, so don’t pretend
If asked what you're eating, the safest response is, "fish."
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Local food a growing trend for land trusts
When a land trust in Grayslake, Illinois, made a strategic decision in 2005 to include farmland in its list of property types to preserve, it joined scores of traditional ‘woods and waters’ trusts across the U.S. which are increasingly preserving agricultural lands and building local food systems. While it made sense strategically, since much of […]
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Don’t believe in climate change? Talk to a clam digger
As the ocean absorbs carbon, it's becoming too acidic to grow oysters, spurring those in the shellfish industry to lead the charge for awareness.
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We Need Climate CHANGE
“The government can’t change the weather,” said Florida Senator Marco Rubio last week, describing his opposition to President Obama’s State of the Union call-to-action on climate change policy. Given the staggering costs of droughts, heat waves, and super storms, it would seem our political leaders would come quickly to some consensus on these seemingly urgent […]
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How a City Can Get More Clean, Local Energy
Like many cities attempting to solve climate change at a local level, Minneapolis is finding the prospect more challenging that it may have imagined. The lion’s share of emissions (two-thirds in the case of Minneapolis) come from electricity and gas sold by two monopoly, corporate utilities. Minnesota’s state-level policy is helping: a renewable energy standard […]
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The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
NYT blogger Andy Revkin is unhappy that Keystone activists are angry at him. But there's only so long you can float above the real climate fights, supporting action in the abstract but never in the particular.
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Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
By J. Matthew Roney Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the next few years as wind surges ahead. Since 2007, nuclear power generation has risen by 10 percent annually, […]
