Religious pilgrims are trampling the grounds of the El Carmen monastery in the Sierra del Nixcongo Mountains near Mexico City. Thousands of them flock there on Catholic holidays to set up camp and walk a forest path that recreates Jesus" crucifixion. But they don’t just walk. They drive through the forest and park wherever they […]
Despite the breathtaking vistas of its unique, semi-arid mountain-desert, the Namaqualand region of northwestern South Africa is woefully impoverished. But a handful of progressive Connecticut educators are working with African communities to build a foundation for global sustainability. Jerry Birdsall (right) directs Connected Cultures’ outreach programs, bringing South African students to the U.S. and building […]
Any environmentalist will say education is the key to building a green society. But The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia is incorporating that idea into its curriculum.
If you’ve felt frustration over the American Green Party’s slow uphill battle for voter recognition, you may have registered in the wrong country. Seven members of the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand were voted into office during the country’s elections last November—the first national election the Party had entered independently. The world’s first Green […]
The first and only time I spoke with Donella Meadows, I was a sophomore studying in Dartmouth College’s Environmental Studies Program — and very nervous to be sitting in the office of one of the school’s most famous professors. I had developed an interest in writing about the environment and asked if she had any […]
The thick chaparral of a remote region in the Sespe Wilderness, part of the Los Padres National Forest, in Ventura, California, has concealed a lost herd of desert bighorn sheep for more than five years. But now they’re out in the open. The desert bighorn sheep of the Sespe Wilderness in California had been given […]
How would you like to be a worm for a day? Or have refuse dumped on your head? Such things happen when people visit garbage museums, interactive learning centers that teach kids why "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is an important philosophy for the 1990s.
In 1988, Kathy Elkins moved to Lompoc, a pleasant small town on the central Californian coast, with her husband and infant daughter. She thought she had found herself a little slice of paradise. That is, until she got sick. Within six months, she was finding it hard to breathe. Over time, her hair started falling […]
Bears that threaten people or wreak havoc foraging for food are a little harder to deter than the average pest. In the usual scenario, they are trapped and relocated, and if the bear returns, it must be killed—not a popular solution. It took biologist Carrie Hunt and a team of Karelian Bear Dogs to teach […]
Urban Biofiltration The concrete-and-steel of downtown Toronto is not generally thought of as environmentally friendly. But a number of office buildings in the heart of Canada's largest city have become involved in an exciting new “eco-engineering” application. The air smells sweeter at Toronto's Club Monaco after it installed a 40 square foot "living wall." Over […]
