Ecology

Curbing Carbon's Just the Tip of Our Great Green Leap

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

The epic fight over carbon emissions is barely the tip of how we survive. Mother Earth demands that fossil/nukes be transcended. This green-powered leap defines our technological, economic and ecological survival.

The Poetic Narrative Of Our Times

David Whyte | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living


David Whyte

It is the task of poetry to bring our eyes to bear on the heart breaking nature of our disappearances, which are unavoidable no matter our economic standing or our education.

What? Stewart Brand, Creator of The Whole Earth Catalog, Now Endorses Nuclear Power, Genetic Engineering and Big Cities!

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green


Jesse Kornbluth

Cities innovate faster as they grow bigger. They create enormous problems, but they also create solutions faster. Cities seem to know how to get out of their own way.

Director Dan Stone Brings The Battle to Save The Whales to Us

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York


Brad Balfour

Stone discusses his documentary At The Edge of The World, screened tonight at the HBO Theatre. It's the true story of a David-like struggle to stop the unnecessary and egregious hunting of whales.

Changing History Was Never Like This

Reverend Billy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green


Reverend Billy

Life doesn't seem to ask for guilt, doesn't have time for our tragic embarrassment -- it wants a direct response. It is making it simple for us. It is showing the way.

Trees Expanding To New Areas In Response To Warming

BBC | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Trees around the world are colonising new territories in response to higher temperatures. From the US west coast to northern Siberia and south-east A...

Rats Cleared From Alaska's Rat Island

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


After two centuries of an epic infestation, Alaska's Rat Island finally may merit a name change. The island, part of a national wildlife refuge in the...

On The Streets: An Eco-Quiz (VIDEO)

Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green


Jonathan Kesselman

In episode 11 of my show for The Mother Nature Network I ask the "tough" questions in defense of Gaia.

Third Screen: It's Violent, Dangerous, and Beautiful. It's ... Bird Watching

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living


Vickie Karp

I caught up with journalist/author Olivia Gentile to talk about what it was like to track the story of one of the most exciting and extreme world birders of the 20th century -- Phoebe Snetsinger.

Captain Moore on the Dangers of Styrofoam

Laurie David | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green


Laurie David

In his email from July 12th, Captain Moore describes how what we know as Styrofoam breaks down faster in the ocean and tells us of yet another danger of the floating plastic trash and its potentially devastating impact on species diversity.

Saving the World in One Day - Shabbat Around the World

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.11.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

How does taking a 25 hour break have anything to do with saving the world? Well for me, it is not only physical and spiritual recharging; it's also emotional and intellectual.

Ten Small Steps We Can Take To Save Our Planet

David Weinberger | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green


David Weinberger

To save our planet, there's no need to make big changes in our lifestyles.

One Way To Preserve The Last Great Places? Endow Research Stations

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

$3 million to endow a research station in perpetuity, to secure the continued flow of knowledge and to rest easy that passionate people will be around to advocate for many voiceless species? That's the bargain of the century.

Creating an Environmental Miracle in China

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green


Madeleine M. Kunin

American corporations that have a supply chain in China must burnish their environmental image to sell products to consumers who are developing a heightened "green" awareness.

We're Running Our World Like a Ponzi Scheme!

Matthew Stein | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green


Matthew Stein

If our world is to maintain its current rate of oil consumption, then we would need to find and develop a Saudi Arabia's worth of oil every year for the next year or two from now to eternity.

10 Ways Power Shift is What Democracy Looks Like

Sarah Newman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

After surviving eight years of Bush & Co., change is within our grasp. It's not about one person leading the fight-we are all in this together now to stop global warming.

Is this Politician too Green?

Reverend Billy | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green


Reverend Billy

If elected I will ask the citizens of the city to break this town open; to descend upon the concrete and pavement with a wave of amateur jackhammers. ...

An Economy Based On Consumerism Is Not Sustainable

Philip Slater | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


Philip Slater

If we humans are to survive we're going to have to stop over-producing -- ourselves and everything else. If we can't face the future without an eternally expanding economy, we won't have one.

Dreaming the Future Can Create the Future

Kenny Ausubel | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green


Kenny Ausubel

We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

Brother, Can You Spare a Planet?

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green


Josie Garthwaite

The analysis shows we have a burn rate of about 30 percent, meaning we're using living resources that much faster than the planet can regenerate them.

What Conservatism Taught Us About Conservation

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 11.22.2008 | Green


Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

Is presenting a unified front really a prerequisite for getting what you want in the political sphere?

There Aren't Enough Spidermen

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 11.17.2008 | Green


Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

We are spending more than $2 billion of US taxpayer money to send another rover to Mars next year, when so much of our own planet remains unexplored and unknown.

So Out It's In: Grass Knuckles

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 11.11.2008 | Style


Lindsay Mannering

Hafsteinn Juiliusson is from Reykjavik and designs using influences from society and ecology. He calls his Growing Jewelry "a clash of jewelry and gardening, couture and organism."

New Drug Is The Bees' Knees for America's Bees

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenom...

Eco-Friendly JUNK Raft Crosses Pacific In Three Months

AP | BRITT YAP | Posted 09.28.2008 | Green


HONOLULU — Tanned, dirty and hungry, two men who spent three months crossing the Pacific on a raft made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of...