The Beginning Farmer’s Guide to Success
If you are seriously contemplating a full-time career or even a side business in yardfarming, Curtis Stone’s upcoming book, The Urban Farmer, is definitely the place to start.
Act: Inspiration
Filming the Change in New Zealand
As this year wraps up and the footage for our feature-length documentary, A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity, goes away to the editor, I’m planning a trip to New Zealand to make a series of short films about all kinds of inspiring people and projects.
Locavore – Different Views, Broader Vision
The 100 mile diet is just one way to practice a locavore approach. There are several different ways to look at the locavore concept.
Shipping Emissions Must Be Tackled at COP21 with Advances such as Sail Power
Maritime shipping emissions must be part of the global solution.
Toward a New Farming Image
It is becoming quite common for food production to be an artful, artisanal activity done by master gardeners and skilled professional agronomists with extremely sophisticated biological methods of growing food with improved nutrition, taste, and natural resistance to disease and pests.
On a Mission to Green Our Nation’s Capitol: A Q&A With Rooftop Roots
For urban farmers, clever space utilization is key, especially in a major city like Washington D.C., where planners estimate there will be a need for 200 million square feet of new housing by 2040.
Can We Have Our Climate and Eat It Too?
As much as world leaders would like to focus attention on their economies, terrorism, or winning the next election, the heat is rising.
Building Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Malawi
On a recent visit to flood-prone regions to the south of the country, I discovered that people on the front line of the changing climate are taking matters into their own hands and preparing themselves against future climate shocks.
Beyond the Buzzwords: Edinburgh Food Studio
The Edinburgh Food Studio describes itself as a cutting-edge environment where ‘arts, sciences and food collide’.
COP21, Bill Gates, and Climate Catastrophe
COP21, like the United Nations climate conferences before it, appears to be floundering over international non-binding showcase “commitments” to reduce carbon emissions — and is emitting effusive illusions of progress.
Other Options to Reduce Fossil Fuel Use in Heating Season
In this post I look at several higher-cost ways to modify your residence to reduce fossil fuel use during heating season.
Rob Reports from COP21 in Paris: Day Seven
Today was the most thought-provoking day, at times viscerally so.
