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10 Reasons to be Encouraged We Made Real Environmental Progress in 2014
2014 was a year of significant progress for the environment. To be sure, we still face plenty of very daunting challenges (you know the list). But there was also a lot of very significant progress to...
View ArticleBack Off Baby Boomers: The Millennials Own the Fight Against Climate Change
When it comes to the climate change debate, there are two definitive sides: those who believe in the overwhelming science and those who stand to gain by continuing to deny the evidence. Within these...
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Will Chevron Ever Do the Right Thing
Photo by Stephen Wallace The Pastaza and Kawapi Rivers in Ecuador come together near the border of Peru. At their confluence fresh water pink dolphins rise to the surface and nod their heads. Nearby...
View ArticleNew Year, Old Challenges... For Climate Change
It is the New Year -- what does it hold for the climate change debate? When the UN Climate Talks in Lima, Peru, came to a close, 194 countries gave themselves an impressive homework assignment: come up...
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Meatless Monday: Kickstarting Veganuary
We're a few days into the new year, the time we're most likely to resolve to make positive changes. So how's it going so far? Is that resolution to eat better is starting to crumble? No worries, we're...
View ArticleWe Have Made Our Planet. Now We Must Try To Live on It
Ever since humans emerged onto the wild savannah, we have modified our environment -- burning our way through forest, cutting necklaces of rice into mountains, shifting rivers, hunting to disappearance...
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What I Learned From a Town Threatened by Lava
I just spent 10 days vacationing in a community whose existence is threatened by a slow-moving wave of hot molten rock, and ever since I got home, I haven't been able to stop thinking about tiny Pahoa....
View ArticleNew HSUS Investigation Reveals Shocking Slaughter of 'Spent' Egg-Laying Hens
California's Prop 2 took effect on New Year's Day, and we've been urging major food retailers to honor the letter and spirit of the law by not buying or selling any animal products that come from caged...
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Climate Change This Week: Foul Fracking Fumes, Solar Sponge, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. @@ Why the US China Climate Deal Is Real - because their rapid development of fossil fuels, particularly coal, has put them on a...
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Pebble Mine 2014 Year in Review: "And Then There Were Lawyers . . . ."
When someday the story of the Pebble Mine is told, 2014 may be best remembered as the year when all that remained of the once formidable Pebble Partnership was a bunch of lawyers for hire. By the end...
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2015: The Year to Save the Planet
The old year is out and the new year is in! And 2015 looks to be a good year when it comes to green living and tackling climate change. Cast aside that empty wine glass from NYE and that Snapchat...
View ArticleHappy New Year to California's Hens
Back in February of 2014, I urged egg producers (via a column here) to stop playing obstructionist games and get behind AB 1437, the California law passed in 2010 which mandates that all shell eggs...
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People, Not Gorillas, Are the Real Heroes of Virunga
It has taken me six months to get around to writing promised commentary on the documentary Virunga , now available to stream on Netflix. I got into this project by requesting a screener in June and...
View Article2014 Was the Warmest Year on Record for Much of Alaska
On a day when many Interior Alaska towns and villages watch temperatures approach minus 40 degrees and Anchorage nearly dips to zero, it may seem counterintuitive to discuss warmth in the 49th state....
View ArticleCost-Effective Solutions to the Climate Crisis Await - It's Time to Stop...
People around the world see climate change as a major threat, and Americans are becoming increasingly concerned. Yet the World Meteorological Association writes that the amount of greenhouse gases in...
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4 Trends That Should Give You Hope for Our Planet in 2015
This post was originally published on Conservation International's blog, Human Nature. From the headlines, it looked like 2014 was a bad year, and much of the bad news concerned the planet itself. Both...
View ArticleBad Trash to Good Cash: Solutions for Recycling, Repurposing, and Profiting...
Let's talk about recycling. The idea is certainly not new, in that for millennia humans have maintained and re-used tools and resources as part of an essential economy based on what is available, what...
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Will South Korea Be the Next Country to Beat the United States in Ending...
The opportunity for the United States to take a lead in ushering in a new modern era of cosmetics safety testing by ending tests on animals is fading fast. Other countries around the world continue to...
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Modern Adventure: From Antarctica to Mars, and Everywhere in Between
Adventure is changing. We're far past the days of literally venturing off the map to uncharted territory or hopping on a raft and floating down the Mississippi. What is modern adventure? And not the...
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Climbing the 8th Highest Mountain in the World: Part II
When I left off with my story of summiting Mt. Manaslu, I was just being woken up by my Sherpa guides. But, before I go into the details of summit day, I want to preface my story by recounting an...
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