A decade of monitoring shows t...

Aug 17, 2017 by

A decade of monitoring shows the dynamics of a conserved Atlantic tropical forest

[Translate]   Pensoft Publishers Summary: Characterized with high levels of biodiversity and endemism, the Atlantic Tropical Forest...

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THE EMPIRE OF THINGS: AN ECOLO...

May 14, 2017 by

Is there a saving ecological response possible to the Empire of Things, the fevered consumerist trajectory traced by Frank Trentmann raging not only in shopping malls across America, but now in China and India?

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Ecologists Aren’t Paying...

Feb 16, 2017 by

Ecologists Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to Synthetic Chemicals—to the Detriment of Public Health

[Translate] Environment Humans are making more chemicals than ever before, but we remain largely unaware of their ecological...

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EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF TOXIC ...

Feb 13, 2017 by

EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF TOXIC POLLUTION FOUND IN 10 KM DEEP MARIANA TRENCH

[Translate]   Pollution Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say...

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS UPON US. HOW...

Oct 15, 2016 by

CLIMATE CHANGE IS UPON US. HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR IT?

[Translate] By Steve Cochran, Steven Bingler   COMMONEDGE.COM In his 1972 science fiction novel The Gods Themselves, which takes...

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Army Corp Of Engineers Approve...

Sep 18, 2016 by

Army Corp Of Engineers Approves Yet Another ILLEGAL Pipeline Through Endangered Ecosystems

[Translate]  by Jafari Tishomingo  COUNTER CURRENT NEWS.COM   The U.S Army Corp of Engineers has OK’d the final permits for the Sabal...

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WHAT DESIGNERS CAN LEARN FROM ...

Sep 17, 2016 by

WHAT DESIGNERS CAN LEARN FROM INDIGENOUS CULTURES IN THE COMING YEARS

[Translate] By Steven Bingler   COMMONEDGE.ORG Scientists have now confirmed that a significant rise in sea levels will occur over...

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HOW TO STOP CAPITALISM’S...

Sep 14, 2016 by

HOW TO STOP CAPITALISM’S DEADLY WAR WITH NATURE

[Translate]   By Paul Street  TRUTHDIG   So far, 2016 is the hottest year on record. So was 2015. So was 2014. (John McColgan / U.S....

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WILD GARDENING AND WHY NATURE ...

Sep 11, 2016 by

WILD GARDENING AND WHY NATURE ALWAYS WINS

[Translate] Margie Ruddick on Wild Gardening and Why Nature Always Wins By Martin C. Pedersen   COMMON EDGE.ORG Margie Ruddick, like...

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A RADICAL PLAN TO SAVE THE MIS...

Apr 21, 2016 by

A RADICAL PLAN TO SAVE THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

[Translate] Point of View METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Liam Otten The Atchafalaya, part of the larger Mississippi River Delta, meets the Gulf...

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HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAI...

Mar 23, 2016 by

HAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FAILED?

[Translate] by The Dirt Contributor Welcome to the Anthropocene / The Topograph “A sense of crisis has brought us together. What is...

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SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT ...

Feb 24, 2016 by

SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT TO EARTH

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     Wheat crops in Kansas depend on aquifer water. (James Watkins...

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HUMANS ARE SET TO WIPE AN INDI...

Aug 24, 2015 by

HUMANS ARE SET TO WIPE AN INDIA-SIZED CHUNK OF FOREST OFF THE EARTH BY 2050

[Translate] by Katie ValentineCLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Andre Penner, File In this Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, a deforested...

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INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: 13 F...

Jul 5, 2015 by

INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: 13 FACTS ABOUT AMERICA CONSERVATIVES WOULD LIKE YOU TO FORGET

[Translate] by Richard Riis DAILY KOS 1. Conservatives opposed the Founding Fathers, the American Revolution and a lot of other...

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THESE NEW QUOTES FROM POPE FRA...

Jun 16, 2015 by

THESE NEW QUOTES FROM POPE FRANCIS COULD CHANGE THE DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate] by Emily Atkin & Jack Jenkins CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP   What is believed to be an Italian-language draft of the...

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WHAT DOSE OF NATURE DO WE NEED...

Jun 4, 2015 by

WHAT DOSE OF NATURE DO WE NEED TO FEEL BETTER?

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green There has been a boom in studies demonstrating the health benefits of spending time in nature,...

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The Fake Meat Market Is Surgin...

Apr 28, 2015 by

The Fake Meat Market Is Surging

[Translate] Environment Between 2010 and 2012, the U.S. market for fake meat crossed the half-billion-dollar mark. By Tom Philpott /...

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SITES Certifies 12 More Projec...

Mar 31, 2015 by

SITES Certifies 12 More Projects

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) has certified a dozen sustainable landscapes across the...

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This Is What Humanity’s ...

Mar 22, 2015 by

This Is What Humanity’s Impact On The Planet Looks Like

[Translate]   A new photo book from conservation experts aims to shine a light on humanity’s impact on the planet and convince...

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These bizarre, beautiful citie...

Mar 5, 2015 by

These bizarre, beautiful cities of the future are also super green

[Translate] By Suzanne Jacobs GRIST I consider myself somewhat of an expert on future cities. When I relocated to Seattle just over a...

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When Capitalism Becomes an Act...

Mar 5, 2015 by

When Capitalism Becomes an Act of War

[Translate] world Inside the trauma of globalization. By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet Novelist Rana Dasgupta recently turned to...

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To Drill or Not to Drill, That...

Mar 4, 2015 by

To Drill or Not to Drill, That Is the Question

[Translate] By Subhankar Banerjee, rx TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG (NASA Goddard Photo and Video (CC BY 2.0)) This piece first appeared...

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Green Design Predictions for 2...

Jan 2, 2015 by

Green Design Predictions for 2015

[Translate]     Your browser does not support iframes. Bill McKibben Environmentalist, Green Journalist, President and Co-Founder of...

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Experts Arrive To Help Barehan...

Dec 26, 2014 by

Experts Arrive To Help Barehanded Children Clean Up Massive Bangladeshi Oil Spill

[Translate] by Ryan Koronowski & Shiva Polefka -CLIMATE PROGRESS Villagers carry oil in a barrel after removing it from the...

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London’s garden bridge might b...

Dec 19, 2014 by

London’s garden bridge might be even better than NYC’s High Line

[Translate] Heatherwick Studios london bridges By Amelia Urry GRIST London — city of famous bridges — has just approved the...

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Ecology as Architecture by Sus...

Dec 15, 2014 by

Ecology as Architecture by Susannah Drake

[Translate] Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession. Avinash Rajagopal BQ Green A proposal to put...

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This guy thinks mushrooms can ...

Dec 12, 2014 by

This guy thinks mushrooms can save the planet and he’s not even tripping

[Translate] SHROOMS WIZ By Sara Bernard GRIST “On a scale of ‘Button Mushroom’ to ‘Mature Mushroom,’” says Peter McCoy without irony,...

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Like Seafood? Enjoy It Now: Co...

Nov 29, 2014 by

Like Seafood? Enjoy It Now: Commercial Seafood Set to Disappear from Oceans in 2048

[Translate] AlterNet / By Cliff Weathers Scientists and economists are concerned that commercial seafood harvesting may end within...

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Three Forms of Invisible Archi...

Nov 18, 2014 by

Three Forms of Invisible Architecture

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession. Avinash Rajagopal EOS...

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MSCP Works to Reverse Human Ac...

Sep 30, 2014 by

MSCP Works to Reverse Human Activities that Have Cut Animal Populations In Half Since 1970

[Translate] by  Casey Coates Danson   I have been studying a bit and observing over the last 15 years, the decline of wildlife on my...

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