To Build a Sustainable World, Academics need to Tear Down the Ivory Tower
By Anthony D. Barnosky, Elizabeth A. Hadly, MAHB
Avoiding societal collapse means building bridges between science and the rest of the world.
By Anthony D. Barnosky, Elizabeth A. Hadly, MAHB
Avoiding societal collapse means building bridges between science and the rest of the world.
By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360
It took a committed coalition and the increasingly harsh reality of climate change to push President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. But sustained public pressure will now be needed to force politicians to take the next critical actions on climate.
By Michelle Stearn, Community-Wealth.org
Thousands of students have united under the guise of a nation-wide campaign called the Real Food Challenge (RFC), a movement aimed at shifting $1 billion in institutional food spending to food that is sustainable, just, and local: in other words, ‘real food.’
By Julianne Tveten, Yardfarmers blog
Good news for yardfarmers in Pittsburgh. A new ordinance now makes it easier to have chickens, ducks, goats, and more additions to your yardfarm!
By Codi Kozacek, Circle of Blue
Among the devastating effects of the low pressure storm system that pummeled South Carolina over the weekend was the heavy damage the record-breaking rains caused to water transport and treatment infrastructure, and the release of a tide of contaminated stormwater.
By David Morgan, Grassroots Economic Organizing
Co-ops and their support networks have been a part of the recent rise in attention paid to economic justice, and our participation has allowed us to establish unique positions to solidify gains in policy.
By C. Robert Gibson, Occupy
Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices impact institutions of power all over the world.
By Ian Angus, Climate and Capitalism
If greenhouse gas emissions aren’t stopped soon, unprecedented and deadly heat waves will become the new normal in most of the world.
By Naomi Klein, Common Dreams
Canadian activists and artists call for action.
By AJ Hughes, Seedstock.com
“How do we get into schools to help bring children up to be good stewards?”
By Brian Davey, Feasta
It seems like a tough one to argue for degrowth in the context of the Greek crisis and as an alternative to austerity – but then all the more reason to try.
By Tara Ritter, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
A bragging point for the Clean Power Plan is its flexibility; all currently identified low-carbon energy sources can play a role in state plans, including natural gas, nuclear, hydropower and other renewables.