Environment
The latest in ecology, conservation, and sustainability
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11/19/2009 12:59:05 PM
Kentucky Fried Chicken's "healthier" grilled alternative also has carcinogens...
11/18/2009 12:02:28 PM
If I’m wearing a jacket, is the earth really warming? Most of the United States had a notably cool summer and fall, a phenomenon that plenty of climate-change skeptics have seized upon...
11/18/2009 9:37:48 AM
Will there be a nuclear power renaissance in the United States, as a host of rosy-glassed prognosticators have predicted? Not as long as it remains such an abysmal investment opportunity ...
11/11/2009 11:30:54 AM
While the FDA holes up and takes a good, hard look at the health effects of the widely used plastic additive bisphenol A, there’s a flurry of news and activity on the BPA front…
11/3/2009 11:39:09 AM
You can be forgiven if you’ve grown somewhat cynical about food labeling in the organic and natural aisle. EcoSalon sizes up 10 big organic and natural food brands to explore who owns what…
10/29/2009 10:57:38 AM
Republicans for Environmental Protection may sound like one of those fake advocacy groups that corporations invent for lobbying purposes, but it’s an actual organization…
10/27/2009 2:21:39 PM
A single dog can have a bigger ecological footprint than an SUV....
10/23/2009 11:31:32 AM
It’s home canning season, and a lot more Americans are joining in on the pickle-packing fun. If you’re one of them, you ought to know that your plastic-lined canning lids probably contain bisphenol A…
10/22/2009 11:12:36 AM
Black bears at Yosemite National Park break into minivans more than any other type of vehicle to find munchies, according to a new study…
10/21/2009 3:31:27 PM
Utne Reader visionary Mark Kastel and his Cornucopia Institute have accused megaretailer Target of deceiving customers about “organic” soymilk…
10/20/2009 2:38:10 PM
A short documentary exposes mining companies who are blowing up mountains to get to the coal inside....
10/15/2009 5:31:01 PM
Raising livestock on grass has the potential to combat climate change, especially if the approach is adopted widely.
10/15/2009 5:29:03 PM
On many sustainable farms, animals are an essential part of the equation
10/15/2009 4:20:32 PM
Bruce Kershner has made a career out of finding the most impressive trees in New York state. He’s found them in or near the places most people are least likely to look—our cities.
10/15/2009 4:17:24 PM
Chillaxin’ under el cap
10/15/2009 3:56:56 PM
The urban wild’s most resilient creature shows us what’s beautiful, what’s ugly, and what’s missing.
10/15/2009 3:16:00 PM
Hey, all you guilt-stricken liberals. Let the water run. Throw those recyclable milk jugs in the trash. And drive that 15-year-old gas-guzzling truck all over town.
10/14/2009 5:31:41 PM
Will large-scale cycle manufacturing make an all-American comeback?
10/14/2009 8:27:49 AM
An extraordinary video of a man who decided to tune and play a tree in his back yard....
10/13/2009 5:21:24 PM
Multinational corporations are urging people to buy “local,” meaning from huge multinational corporations.
10/13/2009 5:11:04 PM
Detroit, the capital of dying industry, could become a shining example of successful, sustainable urban farming.
10/13/2009 2:47:52 PM
Jigar Shah Energy InnovatorUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:30:10 PM
Dune Lankard Founder, Eyak Preservation CouncilUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:09:30 PM
Diana Balmori Founder, Balmori AssociatesUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:03:39 PM
Virginia Gardiner Industrial DesignerUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 10:41:16 AM
Julia “Judy” Bonds has suffered vulgar personal insults, been slapped in the face, and been arrested for speaking out against mountaintop removal, the coal mining practice that is literally flattening parts of Appalachia.
10/13/2009 10:10:42 AM
Mark Kastel, cofounder of the aggressive organics watchdog Cornucopia Institute, wants to know who’s walking the organic talk, from meat producers to dairy farmers, and from family-scale outfits to corporate megafarms.
10/12/2009 4:00:06 PM
Harrison is a former nightclub owner and party hound who decided to do something for others. His group charity: water has provided clean water to more than half a million people in Africa, Asia, and Central America.
10/12/2009 3:56:02 PM
This MacArthur genius’s nonprofit Growing Power is pioneering ways to feed fresh food to those who live in the “food deserts” of our inner cities.
10/9/2009 5:53:44 PM
A new project taps the public to help scientists track plant data…
10/7/2009 4:21:02 PM
I hope everyone who watches The National Parks: America’s Best Idea takes inspiration from the PBS series, which was produced by Ken Burns and his longtime collaborator, writer Dayton Duncan. But one thing I hope they’re not inspired to do is follow in Duncan’s footsteps and attempt to visit all 58 national parks…
9/25/2009 2:28:01 PM
Volunteers across the country are transcribing 6 million birdwatching observations—handwritten notes catalogued on small index cards, and dating back to 1880—to help researchers figure out how climate change affects bird migration patterns….
9/25/2009 11:50:11 AM
If you’re on Twitter, you can follow over 50 members of the Society of Environmental Journalists with a single click….
9/24/2009 4:12:02 PM
It seems that more and more Americans are interested in conserving water—but shorter showers only go so far. It’s time to take the next step….
9/23/2009 3:53:59 PM
Geoengineering, or hacking the planet to combat climate change, has become the refuge of the cynic, writes Jason Mark in Earth Island Journal….
9/23/2009 1:37:58 PM
A reviewer of children's books wants publishers to give kids a break....
9/22/2009 4:50:32 PM
Mending the rift between the civil rights and environmentalist movements....
9/18/2009 4:29:44 PM
Experts are trying to determine how we might adapt to climate change, even as we work to mitigate it...
9/18/2009 9:25:53 AM
What was the best improvement you’ve ever made to your bike?...
9/11/2009 4:17:36 PM
Environmentalists are butting heads over how to save the ancient Maya Forrest in Guatemala and include locals in the process....
9/11/2009 10:51:53 AM
Environmentalists fret over an imminent onslaught of international wars over water, but research doesn't back up the fear....
9/1/2009 5:41:55 PM
Rail all you want against paving paradise, but concrete is going to be with us for a while. We might as well make it greener, right?
9/1/2009 1:11:40 PM
The new .eco domain name will soon be available, but will it be credible?
8/31/2009 3:51:15 PM
Just south of the U.S. Mexican Border, a small town called Playa Bagdad has become a hotbed for the worldwide illegal shark fishing industry....
8/25/2009 4:17:09 PM
Public wildlands such as parks and reserves are great—but they’re not enough to save the world’s flora and fauna from mass extinction due to climate change. To do that, it will take private landowners with a conservation ethic…
8/25/2009 2:44:27 PM
California has drawn a line in the sediment and outlawed suction dredge gold mining, a practice in which vacuumlike machines suck up the riverbed of mineral-laden mountain streams and spew it out…
8/21/2009 4:43:18 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency keeps a list of some of the world’s dirtiest criminals on the “EPA Fugitives” section of its website....
8/19/2009 4:58:09 PM
How many migrating birds could we save by changing some lightbulbs?
8/19/2009 3:54:00 PM
A review of the film Crude.
8/19/2009 3:35:45 PM
Review of The Way of the Woods: Journeys Through American Forests by Linda Underhill (Oregon State University Press).
8/19/2009 3:18:35 PM
Reusable bags will make you sick! And poison your children! At least that’s what the plastics industry wants you to believe.
8/19/2009 3:13:17 PM
When it comes to the environment, free canvas bags aren’t free.
8/18/2009 5:39:55 PM
It often seems as though a few charismatic creatures—like the whooping crane or the grizzly bear—symbolize all the threatened ones to the public, but there are countless others that deserve attention.
8/18/2009 5:17:35 PM
Turn away, for a moment, from that iconic image of a sad polar bear slowly drifting out to sea on a melting floe of ice. New research suggests that it’s tropical creatures that ought to be in the spotlight.
8/18/2009 5:10:52 PM
Sushi chefs confront the monster American appetites that threaten our oceans.
8/18/2009 12:02:34 PM
The lumbering Food and Drug Administration is finally showing signs of taking action on bisphenol A, better known as BPA.…
8/14/2009 2:35:41 PM
Hitching a ride to the bus stop
8/14/2009 2:14:00 PM
Widely hailed as a miracle crop, Jatropha's vaunted status began to fade.
8/13/2009 9:30:29 AM
Check your plastic water bottle and cut down your canned-food consumption: The chemical BPA may be even more pervasive and dangerous than scientists thought…
8/12/2009 4:14:15 PM
Now is the right time for more resolute action to address the climate crisis
8/12/2009 9:03:09 AM
A maddening tale of two dietitians….
8/9/2009 8:05:39 AM
It’s been two decades since most U.S. bike companies moved their factories overseas. The economy and cycling trends might push those factories back to U.S. soil….
8/7/2009 2:24:45 PM
Michael Pollan and the rest of the organic-food advocates should pipe down, according to farmer Blake Hurst...
8/6/2009 11:50:49 AM
Greenpeace gets in people’s faces. Despite what naysayers might think, the group’s confrontational tactics often work….
8/5/2009 10:38:22 AM
Green living tips, the green movement, the environment, and the politics of sustainable living
8/4/2009 11:08:14 AM
Urban forager and blogger Becky Lerner has been around the block a few times—and she almost always comes back with something good to eat....
8/4/2009 10:43:17 AM
An innovative Wisconsin farmer finds a practical (and potable) use for his cow manure….
8/4/2009 10:19:49 AM
Polluted urban air can knock some 4.5 points off of a child’s IQ....
7/30/2009 11:22:09 AM
Edward Abbey is a hero to many modern-day environmentalists. But was he also a sexist and a racist?
7/28/2009 10:25:36 AM
Are animal rights activists one step closer to achieving legal standing for animals to sue?...
7/27/2009 4:04:59 PM
You’ve probably heard about Alaska ex-governor Sarah Palin’s support for aerial wolf and bear hunts—and along with it the conventional wisdom that she was simply doing what gun-totin’, predator-hatin’ Alaskans wanted...
7/24/2009 3:28:04 PM
A growing number of health experts are questioning the benefits of putting fluoride into tap water...
7/21/2009 9:49:07 AM
It’s hard to think of a consumer-product industry that’s less green than the one that makes recreational vehicles. So I was intrigued to find a reference to “going green” on the industry website RVeNews...
7/17/2009 4:05:28 PM
With its economy tanking, Newton, Iowa, decided to reinvent itself as a center for green jobs....
7/15/2009 2:43:39 PM
A photographer exposes the working conditions at the bottom of the leather chain....
7/14/2009 4:49:03 PM
The economic crisis taught many people not to trust the financial markets. Today, an increasing number of people are trying to rely more on themselves....
7/14/2009 4:46:17 PM
Maybe we should be eating more hamburgers. The author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, speaks up for meat….
7/14/2009 12:21:57 PM
The Maasai view lion hunting as part of their survival, but conservationists claim the killings are wrong. So who’s right?....
7/13/2009 4:22:25 PM
An ever-expanding army of ATVs is destroying the wilderness! Not so fast: The Wildlands CPR blog reports that sales of all-terrain and other off-road vehicles have been declining...
7/10/2009 8:49:06 AM
The distance we’re able to maintain from our feces allows us the luxury of forgetting, but four in ten people have no sanitation, not even an outhouse or a pit....
7/9/2009 5:11:26 PM
In the book Something’s Rising, authors Silas House and Jason Howard tell the story of mountaintop removal coal mining through the voices of 12 Appalachians. I recently spoke with House and Howard about their book …
7/8/2009 9:43:21 AM
Finally! Garden guidance for those of us who don’t have big, sunny, plant-friendly backyards….
7/7/2009 12:04:23 PM
Dogs can find pests where humans can't....
7/7/2009 11:20:56 AM
Twenty years after the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into Alaskan waters, the disaster continues to wreak havoc on wildlife...
7/7/2009 10:52:00 AM
Solar panel startup companies, some of which are sitting on genuine innovations to make solar panels more efficient, are struggling in the current recession....
7/6/2009 5:18:29 PM
When it comes to banning smoking in outdoor spaces, the question isn’t “if” but “when”….
7/1/2009 12:57:54 PM
Visitors to the Rising Sun Farm in River Falls, Wisconsin, are greeted by a sign stating: “Our Farm is Clothing Optional. Welcome.”...
6/30/2009 2:50:21 PM
The emerald ash borer invasion is threatening the work of native basket weavers, who rely on thin strips of ash for their intricate work...
6/26/2009 1:51:56 PM
Check out the fascinating natural wonder that functions as the keeper of millions of gallons of radioactive waste.…
6/26/2009 12:50:04 PM
Can eating healthy become an eating disorder? E Magazine reports on the condition known as orthorexia nervosa, in which people become obsessed with healthy habits….
6/26/2009 10:32:49 AM
At Zurich's International Airport you can see planes, and beavers, and butterflies, oh my!...
6/25/2009 10:26:04 AM
Modern zoos often try to mimic pristine, natural habitats when presenting animals. If zookeepers were really trying to recreate the natural world, the habitats would be far less pristine....
6/24/2009 5:27:35 PM
Mere “green living” lifestyle choices aren’t going to save our asses, Derrick Jensen writes in his new column for Orion magazine...
6/23/2009 3:35:36 PM
With a significant climate change bill on the brink of passage in the House of Representatives, I’m embarrassed to say that one of my home-state legislators, Rep. Collin Peterson, is proving to be a major obstacle to the bill—and the big green groups aren’t calling him out on it...
6/23/2009 1:11:52 PM
A delightful look at the cult of the mushroom....
6/19/2009 4:55:40 PM
Mark Gorton has been developing programs to bring about transit reform and reverse the city planning process—making the streets people-oriented again....
6/18/2009 3:09:26 PM
I could use some water, IMHO....
6/17/2009 2:09:36 PM
Thousands of discerning howl enthusiasts attend a national park’s nightly vigil to hear mournful songs from it's nearly 35 wolf packs....
6/16/2009 6:07:50 PM
Perhaps you’ve seen urban anglers in your city—you know, the folks dropping a fishing line into waters along rip-rapped canals, seedy waterfronts, and murky riverways. Many of these anglers are recent immigrants, and many of them are fishing not so much for sport as for dinner...
6/16/2009 10:01:13 AM
Check out Treehugger’s amazing slideshow of water-collecting mechanisms, including a personal fog collector, a plant-watering dish drainer, and a surprisingly cute urine-recycling device….
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