Embracing the Blue
New Winter Wear Raises the Green Bar
The Silent Epidemic Assesses Health Costs of Coal
The Health Costs of Coal: A review of The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health by Dr. Alan Lockwood
Change from Within
Working for a corporation doesn’t have to mean turning your back on doing good, according to author and corporate responsibility (CR) expert Timothy Mohin. In Changing Business from the Inside Out: A Tree-Hugger’s Guide to Working in Corporations (Greenleaf Publishing), Mohin invites readers to tackle corporate problems from the inside by pursuing employment in the […]
Moving In
A review of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds by Jim Sterba
After the Melt
The Cordillera Blanca was originally named for its snow-capped peaks, which have long brought tourists and climbers to the region. Now the glaciers are melting at an average rate of about 66 feet per year.
Semana del 28/10/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Ha oído que el fracking (la fractura hidráulica) está pasando a ser un asunto ambiental mayor en EEUU. ¿Qué partes del país ya acogen operaciones tipo fracking? ¿Y se está haciendo algo para detener la práctica en estados específicos a través del país?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuán ecológicamente puras son las ligas profesionales de deporte y sus equipos? ¿Y cuáles se destacan por sus esfuerzos ecológicos?
A National Park for Maine?
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on the proposal to turn parts of the Northern Forest in Maine into a big national park?
Arctic Summer Sea Ice At Lowest Level
Dear EarthTalk: I heard that the Arctic summer sea ice is at its lowest level since we began recording it. What are the implications of all this melting?
True Food
An app for shoppers who want to avoid genetically modified and genetically engineered foods.Up to 70% of the thousands of packaged foods sold in supermarkets contain genetically modified (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) foods, according to the Center for Food Safety. While U.S. food labels must reflect ingredients, they are not required to state if […]
Two Colds Converged in a Yellow Wood
Thinkstock With Back-to-School Germs Spreading like, well, Germs, What’s the Best Natural Cold Symptom Relief, and how Effective Is the Flu Shot, Anyway?I’m in the feverish throes of a head-chest cold, so cold and flu remedies are on my mind, literally, at the moment. The first thing I turn to at the first inkling of […]