To Save the Birds, Hold Humans Accountable -- Not Cats
The old idea of a cat vs. bird feud works well for cartoons, but trying to apply this to the real world is just looney. It's not cats who birds should be worrying about -- it's us. Human impact on the...
View ArticleDr. Jane Goodall's 80th Birthday: Being Smart Is Sexy, and Being Gentle Does...
The day before my high school graduation, I received a phone call that literally changed the course of my life. Earlier that year, I had deferred from college and applied for the position of Youth...
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The 10 Reasons We've Been Too Slow in Responding to Climate Change, as Told...
Scientists have been raising the alarm about climate change for decades now, with society not doing much about it. We've been so slow to respond, our mascot should be the sloth. Here are the top ten...
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Fracking Exports Will Leave U.S. Communities in the Dark
Last month, thirty Senate Democrats -- members of the "climate caucus" -- stayed Up All Night on the Senate floor to speak out about climate change. This was an important moment to highlight the most...
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The Bottom-Line Patterns of Urban Street Design
A recent collaboration suggests that we should explicitly recognize historic patterns of pedestrian city settings in contemporary urban design and policies. Historic Cours Mirabeau, a 440m walkable...
View Article'Conflict Oysters': Feds Face Greens in California Food Fight
I can't say much about conflict diamonds but I did have a personal encounter with conflict oysters. The conflict isn't between armed factions in an African kleptocracy, but between a family farm north...
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A Tale of Two Air Quality Programs: China vs. the U.S.
America's air quality in the 1970s left a lot to be desired. But since then, ever-stronger air pollution regulations have helped clean the air. It's a different story in China. (EPA) Â Air quality...
View ArticleNew York Raises the Bar on Rising Tides
If you think having an underwater mortgage is a nightmare, imagine owning a home that's literally under water. "A rising tide lifts all boats" may have a virtuous ring in the virtual world of...
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Putting a Face on Fracking: Two Stories From the Fayetteville Shale
I thought I knew something about fracking. I had seen maps. Graphs. Charts. Diagrams. Scientific papers. Infographics. A Hollywood film. A documentary. But until I met the brave women of the...
View ArticleMonarch Butterflies: Industrial Agricultural Warfare Is Killing Them, Us
The nonprofit organization Make Way for Monarchs is calling for April 14, 2014, the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's death, to be a day of action and contemplation for monarch butterflies and other...
View ArticleDomestic Hunter... No Regrets!
I saluted my diminutive foe to the best of my ability. I thought of Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohicans where Chingachook and Hawk-eye said a prayer over their fallen prey as they prepared to...
View Article5 Things the Girl Scouts Can Do to Step up Their Food Game
Cross-posted from Civil Eats When Katie Francis of Oklahoma broke a record recently for selling 18,107 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in seven weeks, the world took notice. All eyes were on this ambitious...
View ArticleThe Climate Post: IPCC Report Shares Dire News, Some Adaptation Measures
Climate change risks dramatically increase the more Earth warms, but reducing greenhouse gas emissions lowers the risk of the most unwelcome consequences, according to the latest report from the United...
View ArticleAre Humane Farming Practices Entering Into the Public Conscience?
I asked Chef Jared Van Camp on the November 2012 Dinner Party if we would ever have food in grocery stores like the food that we have in restaurants: food from small farms with the emphasis on humane...
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How the Tech Industry Can Help Save the Climate
Connecting people across continents. Delivering breaking news. Enabling government transparency. Facilitating social revolutions. Stopping global warming? The Internet is capable of doing so much, but...
View ArticleWhat The Washington Post and FiveThirtyEight Have in Common on Climate Change
Fred Hiatt and Nate Silver have the same climate problem. Hiatt, editor of the Washington Post's editorial page, routinely signs off on outright denial of the scientific reality of climate change from...
View ArticleGet Real on Climate Change
Earth Day is upon us and that means attention is focused on cleaner water and air, along with a more recent emphasis on climate change - perhaps this century's greatest challenge. It's appalling we are...
View ArticleMissing in Discussions of Climate Change: Women
Rigorous global discussions about climate change are critical as we face one of the greatest threats our planet has ever faced. So the release of the second of a four-part report from the United...
View ArticleCorporate Clout Chips Away at Organic Standards
The Organic Consumers Association has a long history of defending the integrity of organic standards. Last September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under pressure from corporate interests...
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Has Fashion Gone to the Dogs? This Pooch Puts Things Into Perspective!
The hottest supermodel in fashion right now has a tail. Story continues after photo. Meet Goldie, a very stylish Chihuahua whose signature snout, pointy ears and piercing eyes have made her fashion's...
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