There is no denying the inexorable law of supply and demand's effect on the earth's remaining natural resources.
Robert Engelman | Posted 04.14.2012
Access to family planning and other reproductive health services safeguard the lives of women and their children and promote families that are emotionally and economically healthy.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 04.11.2012
Supporting poor rural farmers and including them into business discussions can have big payoffs for all -- especially the environment.
Ellen Kanner | Posted 01.28.2012
America may be the land of plenty but we don't have enough to squander. And yet, we're brilliant at it.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 12.13.2011
Global meat production and consumption has increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on the environment and public health as well as on the economy.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 07.05.2011
Around the world, fisheries co-managed by local authorities and fishers themselves are emerging as a promising solution to replenishing depleting fish stocks.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 06.19.2011
This year Nourishing the Planet highlights agriculture -- often blamed as a driver of environmental problems -- as an emerging solution to the world's challenges.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
From 1975 to 1985, maize, wheat and rice production grew twice as fast as the global population. But the green revolution had little impact in sub-Saharan Africa -- the region most crippled by hunger.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
State of the World 2011 provides new insight into the often overlooked innovations that are working right now on the ground to alleviate hunger and deserve more funding and attention.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
The following is an eight-part series about Danielle Nierenberg's visit to the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD) in Ghana.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
As climate change becomes more evident, it's increasingly hard to push livestock keepers' rights aside. Governments need to recognize that pastoralists are the best keepers of genetic diversity.
Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011
In Mukono District, about an hour outside of Kampala, Uganda, agriculture used to be considered a "punishment" for young people at school if they didn't behave.
Bernard Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011
By building up the private sector and creating a system of agro-dealers to distribute fertilizer, AGRA is hoping to reduce the gap between farmers and inputs in Kenya.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether you call them resolutions, goals, or lifestyle changes, here are four key measures you can take to make 2010 easier on the planet.
Laura Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011
If locally grown veggies are packed in plastic tubs, crammed into trucks, and shipped off to grocery stores, how different are they from any other produce section offering?
Edward Flattau | Posted 05.02.2012