This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Stilbruch, the department store in Hamburg, Germany run by the city’s sanitation department, only goods that others have thrown away are offered up for sale. But before they are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. Just 8.6 percent gets recycled…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Access to water is a basic human right that many Americans may not think twice about, yet each day in the U.S., people live without this basic necessity that promotes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a Saturday in late October, Carolyn Phinney is hip-deep in a half-acre of vegetables, at the nucleus of what will one day be 15 acres of productive farmland. “You…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans often take electricity for granted – until the lights go out. The recent cold wave and storm in Texas have placed considerable focus on the Electric Reliability Council of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities across the central U.S. have ordered rolling blackouts to ration electricity, leaving millions of people without power. Energy expert…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserves. Trees capture and store massive amounts of carbon. And unlike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s important to keep making the connections between gender justice and climate change for several reasons. First, it integrates the natural world into the equation when talking about how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic, experts say that a key way to minimize the odds of getting sick is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. But what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than 50 percent of the world lives in a city. By 2050, that number is expected to climb to 70 percent. As our cities continue to grow, so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My name is Chanda Anand Anchan and I am the founder of a self-help group (SHG) involved in waste management in the city of Udupi, where I live. I started…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In normal times, about 100 souls live in this small Northern Minnesota town on the banks of the Mississippi River where we are making our stand against one of the…