TEA PARTIES ARE ALMOST AS DUMB...

Sep 5, 2015 by

TEA PARTIES ARE ALMOST AS DUMB ABOUT VACCINES AS THEY ARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] Shutterstock By Katie Herzog GRIST Picture the anti-vaccer. She wears all-natural fibers and lives in San Luis Obispo....

read more

DID MAYAN DEFORESTATION CHANGE...

Sep 5, 2015 by

DID MAYAN DEFORESTATION CHANGE THE CLIMATE?

[Translate] Shutterstock By Clayton Aldern   GRIST The pre-Columbian Mayans are known for many things: El Castillo at Chichen Itza,...

read more

WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM EU...

Sep 5, 2015 by

WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM EUROPE’S HIGH-SPEED TRAINS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Ben Adler GRIST Riding the high-speed train between Berlin and Hamburg, Germany’s two largest cities, is...

read more

ONE NOVEL WAY TO BRING HEALTHC...

Sep 5, 2015 by

ONE NOVEL WAY TO BRING HEALTHCARE TO POOR NEIGHBORHOODS

[Translate] What if health services moved into places people already go? By Sasha Abramsky  THE NATION   Vicente’s will offer a...

read more

DESIGN A NEW HUB FOR DEAF CULT...

Sep 5, 2015 by

DESIGN A NEW HUB FOR DEAF CULTURE

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university in the world that teaches its students in...

read more

SILICON VALLEY REINVENTS THE M...

Sep 5, 2015 by

SILICON VALLEY REINVENTS THE MALL

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green As malls die off around the country, and more people shop online, new shopping center models...

read more

NEW ESTIMATE: EARTH HAS 3 TRIL...

Sep 5, 2015 by

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green A new study published in the journal Nature claims that a previous satellite-based estimate of...

read more

HERE’S HOW 180,00 TONS O...

Sep 5, 2015 by

HERE’S HOW 180,00 TONS OF FOOD WASTE WILL SKIP THE LANDFILL

[Translate] An anaerobic digester facility will help reduce the amount of refuse that’s piling up in garbage dumps in the New York...

read more

WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POL...

Sep 4, 2015 by

WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POLITICAL POISON

[Translate]   By Bill Boyarsky   TRUTHDIG Bill Boyarsky This is the first installment in a three-part series that Truthdig...

read more

U.S. IS FINALIZING A $1 BILLIO...

Sep 4, 2015 by

U.S. IS FINALIZING A $1 BILLION ARMS DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA

[Translate] TRUTHDIG     President Obama and King Salman meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in January. (Carolyn Kaster / AP) WASHINGTON —...

read more

STYLISH LITTLE HOUSE FIT FOR A...

Sep 4, 2015 by

STYLISH LITTLE HOUSE FIT FOR A FAMILY

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture While it’s a nice idea to think a family could live in a sub 300 sq ft tiny...

read more

EDWARD SNOWDEN SAYS HILLARY CL...

Sep 3, 2015 by

[Translate]   Snowden said in Al-Jazeera interview that ordinary government workers would ‘very likely face prosecution’ for...

read more

Bernie Bias: The Mainstream Me...

Sep 3, 2015 by

Bernie Bias: The Mainstream Media Undermines Sanders at Every Turn

[Translate] The pattern is to ignore, downplay and mischaracterize Sanders’ positions. By Rima Regas / AlterNet   Photo...

read more

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CAUSE THE ...

Sep 3, 2015 by

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL CAUSE THE DEATH OF ONE EARTH AND THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER

[Translate] ANDRE DIB / Shutterstock By Lizzie Wade  GRIST This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as...

read more

MAD presents cloud corridor re...

Sep 2, 2015 by

MAD presents cloud corridor residences at the A+D museum’s inaugural exhibition

[Translate]   aug 28, 2015     in an exhibition currently on view at the A+D museum in LA, MAD architects has proposed...

read more

DUTCH STUDENT DESIGNS OCEAN CL...

Sep 2, 2015 by

DUTCH STUDENT DESIGNS OCEAN CLEANUP ARRAY

[Translate]         the ocean cleanup array won the 2015 INDEX: award due its potential to address one the...

read more

A WIN FOR PEACE

Sep 2, 2015 by

[Translate] Bill Scher  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE The Iran deal will not be scuttled by Congress, now that President Obama has...

read more

GREENING AMERICA’S ENERG...

Sep 2, 2015 by

GREENING AMERICA’S ENERGY WORKFORCE

[Translate] Emily Schwartz Greco  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Oil permeates the whole economy. Even if you telework in a...

read more

AS CROWDS FOR BERNIE SANDERS G...

Sep 2, 2015 by

AS CROWDS FOR BERNIE SANDERS GROW, THE BIGGEST IMPACT COMES IN IOWA

[Translate] By JASON HOROWITZ NY TIMES Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally in early August at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. He has...

read more

THE PRICE OF MEDICAL DENIALISM

Sep 2, 2015 by

THE PRICE OF MEDICAL DENIALISM

[Translate] by Marco Cáceres  THE VACCINE REACTION   Every morning I wake up, and every evening right before I fall asleep, a...

read more

DESPITE HIGH CHILD VACCINATION...

Sep 2, 2015 by

DESPITE HIGH CHILD VACCINATION RATES, CDC CALLS FOR SHAMING SCHOOLS

[Translate]   by Barbara Loe Fisher  NVIC    THE VACCINE REACTION With military precision, the Centers for Disease Control...

read more

HOW THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WEAK...

Sep 1, 2015 by

HOW THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WEAKENED AIPAC, WASHINGTON’S MOST POWERFUL INTEREST GROUP

[Translate] By Jonathan Broder / NEWSWEEK Security personnel stand guard as President Barack Obama addresses an American Israel...

read more

GMO’S: THE EFFECT OF EME...

Sep 1, 2015 by

GMO’S: THE EFFECT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

[Translate]   Melody Meyer HUFFINGTON POSTVice President of Policy and Industry Relations, United Natural Foods (UNFI) In my...

read more

THE POPULIST AGENDA IS AN ELEC...

Sep 1, 2015 by

[Translate]   Terrance Heath  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Whether you believe Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is an “electable”...

read more

PUBLIC HOUSING: THE MYTH, THE ...

Sep 1, 2015 by

PUBLIC HOUSING: THE MYTH, THE FACTS, THE HBO SHOW

[Translate] The U.S. National Archives By Natalie Y. Moore GRIST HBO’s Show Me a Hero, which ended last night, cuts right to the...

read more

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BRAD PITT A...

Aug 31, 2015 by

[Translate] By Peter Whoriskey WASHINGTON POST After Hurricane Katrina, movie star Brad Pitt descended on New Orleans to help rebuild...

read more

TOP 5 GREEN ENERGY BREAKTHROUG...

Aug 31, 2015 by

TOP 5 GREEN ENERGY BREAKTHROUGHS TODAY (VIDEO)

[Translate]   By Juan Cole Shutterstock This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s website. Switching to green energy sources like...

read more

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION ...

Aug 31, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION GEHRY-LED LOS ANGELES RIVER MASTERPLAN

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor The Los Angeles landscape architecture and design community was surprised by the recent...

read more

13,000 BECOME HOMELESS EVERY M...

Aug 31, 2015 by

[Translate] Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Images Chronic homelessness, especially among children and youth, is overwhelming public...

read more

A TOXIC CHEMICAL RUINED THE LI...

Aug 31, 2015 by

[Translate] http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-beautiful-parkersburg/ A Toxic Chemical Ruined the Lives of...

read more