A Floating Food Forest Prepares to Set Sail in New York City
Half public art project, half tourist destination, a floating food forest called Swale is set to launch along the New York City waterfront in June.
Act: Inspiration
An Eco-Village in Palestine
The first Palestinian eco-village is coming to life in Farkha.
Money Without Exploitation
Writing for Roar magazine back in 2014, Jerome Roos pointed out that money is a social relation, not a real thing.
My Agricultural Grandparents
It is not uncommon for farmers to talk about the influence their grandparents had on their farming education and their eventual success in agriculture. I am no different.
To Remember Jane Jacobs, You’ve Got to Get Out and Walk
In 2007, a year after Jacobs died, some of her close friends in Toronto took a crack at creating a fitting homage—a living, breathing, walking, talking memorial called Jane’s Walk.
World Tree to Reverse Climate Change through Earth-Repair
Atmospheric carbon could be used to replenish our soil, and in the process, according to Jordan Fink, we could pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to bring CO2 levels back to what they were in the 1800’s.
City Centre Milking Parlour Provokes Discussion
Finding innovative ways to provoke discussion and engage people with where their food comes from and how we value it as a society is an interesting challenge. This is exactly what Nessie Reid’s Milking Parlour exhibition in Bristol city centre set out to do.
The Revolution will not be Market Gardenized: Some Thoughts on Jean-Martin Fortier
It was suggested to me recently that I might like to pen some thoughts on Jean-Martin Fortier’s book The Market Gardener1. And indeed I would. Here they are.
Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn
Turning the Tide is helping public housing residents prepare for the next storm—while also making climate disaster less likely.
A Recipe for Change
In Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Michael Pollan describes his personal journey of stepping away from processed and packaged foods toward cooking from scratch, and highlights the grievous consequences of industrial modernity in the daily arena of eating and drinking.
Why Fossil Fuel Divestment isn’t Enough for New England students
In the past few weeks students across the country have been demanding that their schools stop profiting from oil, coal and gas companies.
Ethics and Ecosystem Interactions: Why Reconciliation Ecology Matters
Here’s a phrase that’s lately been haunting me: “the extinction of ecosystem interactions.”
