Remodeling for a Healthier House You love your home, but it’s not perfect. Maybe it needs a bathroom on the ground floor, a bigger kitchen or another bedroom. Of course, you could move to bigger digs. Or you could do what millions of Americans do every year: stay put and remodel. Indeed, renovation is the […]
Land Trusts Help Protect the Environment and Save Money, Too In the central Iowa town of Ackley, near the banks of the Iowa River, you"ll find Bob deNeui, a submarine engineer-turned-conservationist. You"ll find him fishing for bass or catfish, or he may be out collecting firewood. Sometimes you"ll find him camping in the dense woodlands […]
A Rail Renaissance Connects Trains to Natural Destinations While it’s true that trains use about half the energy per passenger-mile that planes do, and less than cars, too, most travelers have a more pressing concern: Are trains a viable alternative to flying and driving? Train service in Europe is fast and convenient, but in most […]
Decimated by hunting, egg collectors, loss of habitat and lead poisoning, North America’s largest land bird, the California condor, was until recently on the brink of extinction.
An Atlanta-based company offers what they say is an ecologically friendly and lasting solution that incorporates cremated remains into artificial reefs.
Message from Seattle to Miami: Give us back our whale.
At the Hotel Taselotzin, located in the scenic Eastern Sierras, you"ll find local women doing the bookkeeping, managing, marketing and organic gardening for their own internationally acclaimed eco-tourism project.
Interview with James S. Cannon.
Interview with Amory B. Lovins.
Throughout coal country, the manmade earthquakes caused by longwall mining wreak havoc on the land and its residents.
