The World Is Greening, But Not For Us China, Pakistan, Australia, Brazil Among Nations Leading By Example
China, Australia, Pakistan, Brazil and other countries have undertaken massive reforestation campaigns, but the United States? Not so much.
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Lending A Hand To Access Public Land
Access Land and other groups want the government to make campground availability data freely available to help more Americans access public land.
What’s Old Is New As Sustainable Ranching Comes of Age Modern Ranchers Embrace Pasture Rotation, Range Composting and Long-Term Stewardship
Sustainable ranching involves techniques like pasture rotation, range composting and other ways to reuse nature’s resources for the health of the land.
Green Apparel: Not Just A Color Choice
Apparel manufacturers such as Patagonia, Scalable Press and Noso are finding new ways to shave their carbon pollution and otherwise green their practices to have less of an environmental impact moving forward.
Sustainable Solutions to Silicon Valley’s Housing Bubble Building in Overlooked Spaces Is Key to Solving Nation's Craziest Real Estate Market
Building on landfills? Rehabbing Old Buildings? Planning for Greater Density? These are among the sustainable solutions some planners would like to see put in place to solve the housing crisis in Northern California…
Is Private Land Conservation More Important Than Saving Our Parks?
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
Protecting Private Lands
Dear EarthTalk: While working to protect public land from resource extraction and development seems to be the focus of many environmental groups, what is being done to preserve and protect private property—the majority of our land—across the country?
Goats Against Wildfires
Goats are increasingly being used to keep down grasses and other tinder that can help start or exacerbate wildfires.
What Is A “Land Trust” And How Does It Help The Planet?
A land trust is an organization that works with landowners to conserve their land, either by buying it from them or obtaining it as a donation.
Growing Farmers Young Professionals Go Back to the Land
A growing number of smart, ambitious people are rejecting the lure of lucrative careers for the promise of a simpler agrarian lifestyle. Many of those in the new crop of young farmers boast the kinds of diplomas typically found in Silicon Valley cubicles, Wall Street suites or Hollywood editing rooms. But instead of pursuing fast-paced careers, these members of the so-called "best and the brightest" class are choosing to spend their days weeding carrots and building compost.
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