Last May, Zion National Park in Utah initiated a mandatory shuttle bus transportation system for visitors to Zion Canyon, greatly reducing auto access to the most scenic portions of one of America’s most prized national parks. A typical traffic backup at Zion National Park, which now has mandatory shuttles. “Zion,” a Hebrew word meaning a […]
Untouched by the last glacier, southwestern Wisconsin is hilly, wooded and wild–home to Old Order Amish, back-to-the land homesteaders and third-generation dairy farmers. On weekends, tourists from Madison, Milwaukee and Minneapolis come to canoe the picturesque and crooked Kickapoo River.
It’s not easy being green in an industry-friendly state like Louisiana—particularly when you have the audacity to face-off against the rich and powerful…and win. After an aggressive two-year battle by the Tulane University’s Environmental Law Clinic (TELC) on behalf of the residents of Convent, Louisiana, Japan-based Shintech announced last year that it was abandoning a […]
Questioning Species Protection Plans In the biblical story of the Great Flood, Noah built an ark to preserve samples of every living creature. Today, the rising tide of global extinction threatens to eliminate half of all species within 100 years (see the cover story this issue). The U.S. Interior Department, which has created more than […]
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.
Conservationists and most butterfly breeders want the same thing; healthy, robust butterflies populating the Earth. Yet, heated opposition divides the two camps. Conservationists believe the ceremonial release of farmed butterflies has an unknown potential to negatively impact native species. Breeders believe their business not only enables a magical moment with nature, but helps to increase butterfly populations.
In the 1930s, Robert Moses, New York City’s master planner, stripped Harlem of open space land along the Hudson River, replacing public access to the waterfront with the West Side Highway. In rather sharp contrast, Moses’ engineers simultaneously created Riverside Park further south for the benefit of the white middle class. Seventy years later, the […]
At Connecticut’s Weston High School, in a small town where cars rule and pedestrians are in danger, the most important rite of passage is getting a driver’s license. "Having wheels" in Weston, as in many other suburban towns, means freedom from dependence on the dreaded soccer mom.Weston’s two-acre zoning, paired with a near-total absence of public transit, results in an inefficient series of residential cul-de-sacs with three-car family garages.
Picking over the produce in their local store, shoppers scrutinize fruit for its color, skin, shape and smell. But how many really take a good look at the label? Maybe they should. Courtesy of Mothers & Others “People subconsciously count on farmers like me to grow products that are okay to eat,” says Peter TenEyck […]
The land that surrounds Yellowstone National Park is famous for its mountain vistas and wide open spaces, for its trout fishing and wildlife viewing opportunities. But as population shifts and development patterns bring in more people to a region popularly known as America’s Serengeti, the outskirts of the nation’s original national park are looking more […]
