Articles by Grist staff

Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers Grist’s questions

Steve Frillmann of community-gardening group Green Guerillas (try saying that five times fast!) helps his 8 million neighbors create and protect green spaces in New York City. As this week's InterActivist, Frillmann chats about how something as simple as giving away a few seedlings can make a big difference in helping a community grow. Send Frillmann a question of your own by noon PST on Wednesday; we'll publish his answers to selected questions on Friday.

Steve Frillmann, community-garden guru, answers questions

Steve Frillmann. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the executive director of Green Guerillas, New York City’s oldest community-gardening group. What does your organization do? At Green Guerillas, we help people carry out their visions for what community gardens can be in a dense, vibrant urban area — urban farms, botanic gardens, […]

Aw, Mom, Not Whaleloaf Again!

Japanese government trying to unload surplus whale meat Japan’s “research” whaling has led to a market glutted with whale meat. Burdened by 2,700 tons of whale heading for freezer burn, the Japanese government has launched a campaign to overcome an increasingly common sentiment: “To put it simply,” says one Japanese diner, “whale meat tastes horrible.” […]

What Doesn’t Krill Me Makes Me Stronger

Smaller number of gray whales migrating south to breed, says researcher Fewer gray whales are migrating from North Pacific feeding grounds to warm Mexican lagoons to breed this year. British whale researcher William Megill says only 90 whales made it to the San Ignacio lagoon on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula by February — down about 50 […]