Climate Culture
All Stories
-
Buy or die: The survivalist approach to climate doom
Stockpile your way to sustainable living! Haha, just kidding.
-
It is better for the environment if birds do not die prematurely
But when they do die, we can usually learn something.
-
Ask Umbra: Is it safe to roast turkey in a plastic bag?
A reader frets that her future mother-in-law wants to cook the poultry in plastic. Umbra advises her to keep the peas.
-
To the bat cave: Desperate measures in a time of ‘peak conservation’
The Nature Conservancy opened the world's first artificial cave for hibernating bats. Cool, right? Also, a little worrisome.
-
Susanne Torriente fights to keep ‘America’s Venice’ from slipping into the sea
Fort Lauderdale, a town known for yachts and oceanfront second homes, has some tough decisions ahead as climate change laps at its door.
-
Best bed-bug poison may be Merck meds for humans
A Merck drug used to treat elephantiasis may be the best bed-bug killer out there.
-
Umbra’s second helpings: How to make organic Twinkies [VIDEO]
Hankering for a Twinkie? The Hostess with the mostess shows you how to make your own.
-
Occupy’s ‘Rolling Jubilee’ is a model for cooperative purchasing power
Could Occupy Wall Street's "People's Bailout" be scaled up to bail out the environment?
-
Expect more farm-fresh food in school cafeterias, thanks to $4.5 million from USDA
The Department of Agriculture is doling out grants to build connections between schools and nearby farmers.
-
Texas hits new milestone for wind power generation. Yes: Texas.
Last Saturday morning, more than a quarter of Texas's power came from wind.