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With privilege should come responsibility. And in the case of the following show-business celebrities, it has. They are using their visibility, popularity and wealth to promot...
"I used to be vegetarian… and then I went on vacation."
I've heard this travel excuse for dropping one's dietary dedications more often than any other. It's as if there ar...
I got mothered right my first year at Burning Man. There are things a virgin Burner needs to know. There are protective items mortally necessary to bring. There are taboos tha...
You may recall learning on this site about the masses of plastic discovered fouling the world’s oceans. And you may have read further about plastic debris being ingested by ...
As I shared in my previous two blogs, my family recently WWOOFed for three weeks in Italy. Among the farm’s products, pecorino cheese and a sweet, mild yogurt counted tow...
Here’s my final tip on how to drop tourism and really travel:
Tip 6: Give Something Back The single most important thing you can do to distinguish yourself as a traveler ...
No question about it, recycling is a great way to help the environment. But it seems to get all the press. There are other even more impactful things you can do. Many are acti...
Who owns your favorite hiking trail? Who is responsible for the pristine mountain, valley, lake or stream that you see every day on your way to work, or where you go to get aw...
Credo: "A landmark element of the recent Supreme Court ruling was its recognition that the USDA must take into account economic harms from genetic contamination of conventiona...
Officially, commercial whaling has been banned by the International Whaling Committee (IWC) since 1986. However, the IWC—originally set up to monitor and regulate whale stoc...
Prior to 2005, the women of the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad, Africa, had to walk long distances through dangerous terrain to collect wood for cooking. Utilizing a traditional...
The Wilderness Society: "The U.S. Senate now has an opportunity to stop the polluters and curb the devastating levels of carbon pollution that they are dumping into the skies ...
It was a good thing I rode in the back seat on the ride from Innsbruck, Austria, to the farm. My knee-jerk braking against the collision that never happened was not noticeable...
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): "A proposal to create a U.N. World Heritage site could save the wild heart of Canada’s boreal forest." >>> Take Action!
Although the Australian government recently decided against the introduction of a carbon tax, Australians remain enthusiastic about climate-change conferences. Nowadays, every...
[Today is World Oceans Day - Ed.] Wallace “J.” Nichols has an inordinate fondness for sea turtles. His Ph.D. dissertation was on the “Biology and Conservation of Sea Tur...
Worried about prices at the pump and a shrinking oil supply? Most are. This commodity literally fuels our economy and its deficit is enough to spark war. But look behind the o...
If you live in the artistic hub of New York City, consider yourself particularly lucky this week when the Society of Illustrators opens its Earth: Fragile Planet exhibit, f...
Cognitive bias is a term used by psychologists to describe common errors in judgment. These come in many forms. Confirmation bias is our tendency to interpret new information ...
There are many great environmental documentaries besides Al Gore’s informative and award-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. If you are in the mood for some ecologically th...
Tofurkey, Tofu Scrambler and No Chicken Noodle Soup probably weren’t on Mom’s grocery list, but perhaps they should have been. These animal-free products, and many other...
We might feel like we’re a world away from Africa, but that doesn’t stop our carbon emissions from polluting that continent and raising the temperature of the planet as a ...
American environmentalist and writer, Bill McKibben, is the founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign. Inspired by McKibben, last year, millions of people from nea...
Jordan Howard of Gardena, California, age 16, is the co-founder of Green Ambassador Productions, a filmmaking and event-production arm of her environmental charter high scho...
Who better to spur youth into action against climate change than youngsters themselves? Talk about positive peer pressure: Inspired by Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient...
In 19th-century Europe, it was still possible to scare children with stories about forests—dark and treacherous places, filled with spirits, wolves, bears and other man-eati...
Here's the problem with wildlife—they prefer things wild. Turns out, undomesticated animals don't like roads or condos or, well, visitors. They thrive in what ecologists cal...
Congratulations, Yaguarete Pora S.A., you’ve worked hard to earn this year’s Survival International Greenwashing Award. Bulldozing thousands of hectares of tribal forest...
During the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, corporate leaders from the planet’s biggest firms were patting each other and themselves on the back for thei...
One spring day a couple of years ago, I noticed an unusual gray haze screening Santa Fe’s typically unspoiled skies. It could not be attributed to wood fires that many resid...
Milking goats, painting sunscreen on baby trees, tanning animal skins, bottling tomato sauce, harvesting wild greens, fermenting wine, gathering acorns, coagulating cheese, ra...
For some, New York conjures up images of dirty sidewalks, trashed parks run over with rats, and skyscrapers that obliterate sunlight and prevent even a single blade of grass f...
When Director James Cameron received his Golden Globe award for Avatar, he revealed one of the central ideas of the blockbuster science-fiction film.
“Avatar asks us to ...
Another label the green consumer can look for when choosing a wine is the vineyard’s biodynamic certification. Worldwide, there are more than 450 certified biodynamic wine p...
Wallace “J.” Nichols has an inordinate fondness for sea turtles. His Ph.D. dissertation was on the “Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles in Baja California, Mexico....
As part of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world’s 2nd largest, the west central African country of Gabon contains numerous flora and fauna, some extremely rare. This lush h...
In February 2008, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the Climate Neutral Network. Its objective is to “facilitate information exchange and networking o...
It’s time for companies to release another round of annual reports, which for some becomes a major greenwashing opportunity. Many businesses also generate separate corporate...
The Copenhagen Climate-Change Conference (officially known as COP15: the 15th Conference of the Parties), which ran from 7-18 December in Copenhagen, wrapped up on Friday with...
Saturday evening I braved the cold to take part in a candlelight march and vigil from downtown Santa Fe to the state capitol. We were one tiny part of more than 3,000 events a...
Deforestation causes 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, which is why it is one of the major issues being addressed at the United Nations’ (UN) Climate-Change Conference...
Last week, in the journal PLoS One, a group of scientists from the Maryland-based National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases published a new study about ...
Developing countries need financial help from richer nations to prepare for the inevitable effects of climate change, and to invest in green technology to help prevent it. Thi...
Bogged down in Copenhagen climate-change conference jargon? It’s not as complicated as it may seem. Here’s a quick review of what you need to know.
The purpose of the Un...
Brock Dolman is a permaculturist at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) based in Occidental, California. He is a member of the Sowing Circle Intentional Community an...
It looks like gasoline prices are going to go much higher, much sooner than we've been led to believe. But please read to the end of this entry before rushing out to fill up y...
Featured in Business Week, the New York Times, CNN and NPR, along with dozens of other major publications, and appearing in television shows and films, on radio programs and a...
My Tibetan friend, Tsultrim Gyatso, recently invited me to the opening of his documentary film, Blood of the Earth—Colorado River. He founded the Tibetan Ecology Foundation,...
Divided in two by the mighty Danube, Budapest is a capital that could make any city jealous. The verdant hills of Buda and the bustling energy of Pest combine in an intriguing...
A couple of months back, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an excellent story for the New Yorker about the full-court press, a basketball strategy wherein the defense hassles the offense...
I never thought I would write a blog that connects Stephen Colbert and climate change issues, but here we go.
I flipped on the Colbert Report the other night in time to catc...
Environmentalists’ hopes are pinned on President Obama to keep his campaign promises and make significant progress on the environment. After eight years of disastrous neglec...
Brian Czech is president of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE). CASSE works to promote an economic system with stabilized consumption of goods ...
How the mainstream media is covering environmental news this week: Energy Citizens, a ragtag group of industry-front protesters, is fighting to maintain the status quo on clim...
Rosalind Chu, Co-President, Bay-area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network (BEACN), University of California, Berkeley, California, writes:
The first time I heard a BEACN...
Mark Winne is a community food advocate and former executive director of the nonprofit Hartford Food System, in Hartford, Connecticut, where he worked for 24 years. He helped ...
Starting a local environmental organization is a great way to effect positive change in your community. Brainstorm what is lacking in your area and what can be done to fill th...
Like the legendary migration of the swallows of San Juan Capistrano, masses of the adventurous, curious and even ludicrous populace descend on Goodale Park near downtown Colum...
In every generation, there is a social movement that captivates the minds of youth and challenges the establishment. A generation ago, the battle was for social justice. Today...
I’m definitely a city girl, but I’ve adjusted well to living in a rural environment. In the city, my commute included bridge tolls and high stress. Now, it’s a 10-minu...
To many, immigrant rights and ecological issues seem worlds apart. Others see a strong connection between the two, none more so than Dan Millis, a volunteer with No More Death...
We the members of the Porkmole Liberation Front (PMLF) hereby demand the release of the porkmole (rhymes with guacamole) that has hijacked the bodies and minds of people every...
The American Medical Association estimates that there are 45 million US citizens without health insurance. Families USA, a nonprofit that works for affordable healthcare, esti...
I recently wrote an article entitled “The Great Eco-Political Divide,” suggesting that disputes between wildlife advocates, preservationists and renewable-energy advocates...
A series of contentious debates concerning the development of renewable energy projects reveal an unexpected trend: infighting that is turning former environmentalist allies i...
The first pro-environment commercial I remember seeing is the one with a Native American witnessing someone littering and shedding a tear in response. It's probably the most f...
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