From Concrete to Green: Urban Agriculture Initiative Seeks to Transform LA River into Ag Oasis
“How do we get into schools to help bring children up to be good stewards?”
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Austerity and Degrowth – Dealing with the Economic Crisis and the Ecological Crisis Together
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.
Renewable Energy: Why Emissions and the Economy Don’t Tell the Whole Story
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.
Food and Agriculture Play Significant Role in City of Los Angeles Sustainability pLAn
Los Angeles, known for its extensive freeway system and broad boulevards, fast food, car culture, lawn-filled suburbs and smog, is getting serious about sustainability—and the effort includes local and sustainable food and agriculture.
City Region Food Systems – Part II – Who Will Farm?
Put another way, is the U.S. model of food sourcing scalable to an urbanized world of 9 billion?
Are We Asking the Right Climate Change Questions?
In my experience, good answers are the products of good questions. Over the past number of years, I have begun to doubt the efficacy of the question being debated by climate change stakeholders.
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case
The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a motion by the country’s most powerful energy regulator that Jessica Ernst’s case involving fracking and groundwater contamination raises no significant constitutional claim and should be dismissed.
Rural Colorado Leads the Charge for Energy Freedom
Last week the Western Slope Colorado witnessed a huge victory for energy freedom and rural renewable power.
National Walking Summit Make Strides Toward Healthier Future For All
Walking is moving fast these days.
Meet the Scientist Breeding More Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)
With honeybee populations on the decline, scientists, lawyers, and even artists have set out to save humanity’s most important pollinators.
American Journalism’s Ideology: Why the “Liberal” Media is Fundamentalist
There are three key elements to the dominant ideology of the contemporary United States—involving world affairs, economics, and ecology—which can be best understood as forms of fundamentalism.
The Road to Paris
Newspaper reporting legend Ross Gelbspan once said, lifestyle change is essential, but lifestyle change won’t get us out of this climate mess. We need change of the kind that only comes from governments, acting together.
