Simple Revelations
Reviews of More by I.C. Springman and The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Winning for the Water
U.S. Water Polo team goalie Betsey Armstrong is a committed environmentalist and uses her fame to speak up for environmental causes….
Yosemite Range of Light
See all the subtleties of light through a series of amazing photographs captured over nearly two yearsWhen photographer, filmmaker and travel-enthusiast Shawn Reeder became fascinated with timelapse cinematography, he immediately knew that he wanted to create a piece on California’s Yosemite National Park and Sierra Nevada Mountains. After winning a trip to Yosemite at 18 […]
Blocking Environmental Progress
Chris Christie Prevents a New Train Tunnel to Make a Political PointWhen New Jersey governor Chris Christie first planted his foot in the way of a proposed train tunnel project designed to relieve traffic congestion along the Hudson River, much of the nation’s attention was focused on the platform of government austerity championed by the […]
GMOs and Pesticides Found in Kashi Cereal
John Wood, owner of Portsmouth, Rhode Island health food store Green Grocer, no longer felt comfortable selling Kashi cereals after reading the report Cereal Crimes from non-profit family farm advocacy group Cornucopia Institute (CI), which investigated whether cereals labeled “organic” or “natural” contained genetically-modified (GMO) ingredients and/or the same presence of pesticide residues found on […]
Semana del 29/4/12
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He oído que muchos ambientadores contienen sustancias químicas tóxicas. ¿Hay algún ambientador no tóxico por allí, o qué puedo hacer para fabricarlos yo mismo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿En qué consiste la “pesca compartida” como estrategia para rescatar poblaciones de peces que están al borde de la extinción?
Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is to be another Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, 20 years since the last one was held in the same city. What’s on the agenda this time?
Dirty Cloud Computing
Dear EarthTalk: Why is Greenpeace upset with some leading tech companies for so-called “dirty cloud computing?” Can you explain?
What are “Catch Shares”?
Catch shares protect livelihoods & reduce overfishing by guaranteeing a portion of the total catch for individual or groups of fishermen.
Advancing Green Chemistry
Imagine a world where industrial manufacturing’s toxic solvents and chemicals were replaced with sugar, starch and sunlight. Imagine pure, clean water and air leaving factories, workplaces free of “hazmat” gear, polluted sources brought back to life and farmers transitioning away from highly toxic conventional chemical pesticides into an era of truly sustainable agriculture through the […]