Environment

5 incredible, inspiring, powerhouse women — and what they’re doing to change the world

Razor Clam Digging in Washington State

Background

Deforestation Dilemma

(This article was originally published in The Mark News)

The power of images

The work of photographer Fabrice Monteiro occupies a rich space that overlaps genres

Virtual Forest

By Tieto, Metsä Group, University of Helsinki, CTRL Reality and Simosol

Low-cost air quality sensors could be coming to Oakland residents

The Answer to Plastic Straw Pollution? Pasta.

On the heels of a business trip to Las Vegas, I…

How we can easily stop plastic waste now

Ok. So by now it’s pretty clear to most people that we have a plastic problem. Our oceans…

Defenders of Wildlife’s Annual Conservation Awards

Inferno in the Algarve

On August the 3rd of this year a fire raged uncontrollably in the Algarve, and in just one week, burned 27.635 hectares of forest — could this fire have been prevented?

Inslee testifies against plan to roll back the Clean Power Plan

This moment echoes across millennia

What you’re doing at this very moment has incredibly far-reaching consequences.

We’re all creatures of habit. Like wind-up dolls, we go through the mechanical motions of our workaday lives…

It’s not deja vu. Congress really is trying to pass another failing industrial ocean fish farm bill.

Better air pollution data is helping us all breathe easier. Here’s how

Don’t Read Too Much Into the Straw Ban Fad

Companies and cities in the US are banning plastic straws ostensibly in an effort to…

NOX changing the way that we paint cars.

We decided to join the Global Goals Jam because it looked like a great idea to start…

Bearcam Live Chat Surprise: A Bear Family Unexpectedly Visits the Chat

Reusable Straws- Well, Bamboo Sipper is the Answer

Seaweed Saves the Day

Throughout my whole life, and probably yours as well, we’ve heard of the impending doom that is the depletion of the…

On the right to say no

Do we have the right to say no in our society? What does that mean if political…

Initial Attack

This is a story I wrote 10 years ago and it is more relevant than ever. We need to be more aggressive in funding for civil…

Safe, Affordable, Clean and Dignified Housing is Always the Key to Health

I grew up in California’s wine country with mild and wet weather throughout the winter. My family’s three-bedroom apartment would be mostly warm and cozy during those months but the bedroom I shared with…

Air pollution is ‘biggest environmental health risk’ in Europe

Governments are failing to tackle the crisis that causes 1,000 early deaths a day, says EU report

For People Working to Protect Nature, Cities Can No Longer Be an Afterthought

Urban areas present an interesting challenge — and a big opportunity — for groups that traditionally focus on saving pristine places.

BLB vol.7 — Better Vacations, Commutes & Going Green ✈️ 🚲 ♻️

On this episode we look back on how our…

The How’s, Where’s and Why’s of Lead

On September 26th, 2018 the Federal Government of the United States’ lawsuit against the New…

Save the Ugly Animals!

Some creatures are born with faces that even their mothers couldn’t love. It’s sad, but it’s not their fault. Take the Blobfish, pictured below, for example.

Florida West Coast Water Pollution

The Sunshine State. Its where the palm trees stand. Its where the tourists come to soak up Vitamin D from the warm sun. It’s the mental image of the calm waves crashing, the children building sand castles, the tourists collecting buckets of shells, and the sand between your toes. However…

The Last Forest

A Review with Meaning.

About

It’s Killing Our Oceans, and It’s Killing You

Something odd has found a home within our bodies. That wasn’t intended as a thought-provoking quote; there actually is something coursing through us that doesn’t belong at all. That thing, is plastic. A lot of it.

Connecting the Dots Between News Stories

Perusing the newspaper or scrolling through an online news feed this week you might see two stories that on the surface, would seem unrelated.

First, you might see a story about protestors confronting Florida Governor Rick Scott over…

Cancerous Plastic

We, humans, are spreading a cancer throughout our oceans. The ocean is being fed a deadly toxin that replicates faster than any…

Waste-to-energy technology explained

The most common method for waste-to-energy conversion is direct combustion — otherwise known as incineration — whereby waste is burned to generate thermal energy and, ultimately, electricity

A Valley’s Beauty

I’ve written plenty of times before about the need for better recognition of environmental activism in NEPA. There’s plenty of discourse worth having, discussions worth sharing about the abundance of pollution that plagues our area, and even our world. It’s not something you see often around here, of course…

Speculation about new recycling carts reaches fever pitch

Originally published on August 3rd, 2017

On August 7th, city workers are slated to deliver shiny new recycling carts to every residence in Portland, ME. These large carts will hold almost four times as much refuse as the old bins used by the…

People’s Climate Movement Mobilization Meeting Speech

WE ACT Intern Langa Sibanda gave an inspirational speech at the planning meeting for the 2018 People’s Climate Movement New York march for climate…

Transforming Community Spaces: Lessons from West Harlem Group Association

“When Architects and Designers specify better, healthier building products for housing renovations it can make a big impact on the lives of residents and provide concrete evidence for change.” — Alison…

Could Blockchain help save Modi’s mission?

4 years on and swachh Bharat seems a distant dream. Could…

“One Country, Two Lungs” Project: Tracking Exactly How Much Air Pollution You’re Exposed To

The air pollution data we see today are typically collected by traditional fixed monitoring stations, located in just several places around the city; thus, we can only learn…

How to nurture the growth of Indonesian biodiesel

This Week in Indigenous Rights 2018–09–30

“26 September 2018 — Joan Carling, one of the most prominent fighters for environmental…

Reliable Platform For Skilled And Quality Mining

Mining — is an accessible and understandable corporation, which is involved with a sizable number of corporations and a large number of separates everywhere.

The true test for myself:

For my week-long experiment, I decided to do a money free week. The reason I chose to do this as my experiment is because I tend to spend money on unnecessary items and clothing. Just this past Thursday I got my wisdom teeth out and spent $380.00 on clothing, shoes, and skincare…

A thirsty business: factoring water into the true cost of coal