Green cities on the cheap: Low-cost solutions for a sustainable world

This interview originally appeared in The Dirt. Jaime Lerner was elected mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, in 1971, and reelected two...

House’s collaboration cart puts community planning on the street

Grist is proud to present the Change Gang — profiles of people who are leading change on the ground toward...

The raw milk martyr

Schmidt in January 2010, after winning his court case.For nearly a month now, Canadian rancher Michael Schmidt has been engaged...

Is the environmental crisis caused by the 7 billion or the 1%?

The United Nations says that the world’s population will reach 7 billion people this month. The approach of that milestone...

Texas toast: State’s drought-crippled ag market has global impact

Lakeview Park, Texas.Photo: dasrooflessCross-posted from Climate Progress. In August, agronomists showed that the historic drought in Texas had caused a...

Architect recycles a 747 jet into a house

Ask Umbra: Is it safe for Occupy groups to use wooden pallets?

Send your question to Umbra! Q. Dear Umbra, Our Occupy group is looking for information regarding the safety of using...

Google phases out clean energy R&D in favor of deployment

Cross-posted from Climate Progress. Buried at the bottom of an innocuous “spring cleaning” post on Google’s blog yesterday, the internet...

Sorry Mrs. O, but jumping jacks aren’t enough

At a recent summit on childhood obesity, the first lady announced a shift in her well-known Let’s Move campaign —...