Our ravenous appetite turns hu...

Sep 12, 2017 by

Our ravenous appetite turns humble sand into an endangered natural treasure

[Translate] August 1, 2017 Photo by Flickr user Peter Craven. (cc) 2009 Subscribe to Hightower’s Radio Lowdown with your...

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Earth’s Sixth Mass Extin...

Sep 9, 2017 by

[Translate] Lorraine Chow   ECOWATCH.COM Africa’s giraffe population has plunged almost 40 percent in the past 30 years. Photo...

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Widespread Devastation as Hurr...

Sep 7, 2017 by

[Translate] 6h www.youtube.com Hurricane Irma tore through the northeast Caribbean Wednesday, causing widespread devastation on the...

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Community Colleges Are the Nex...

Sep 5, 2017 by

Community Colleges Are the Next Frontier for Bold Architecture

[Translate] With major architecture firms getting involved, these formerly neglected institutions are having a design renaissance—and...

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World’s Soils Have Lost 133bn ...

Sep 5, 2017 by

World’s Soils Have Lost 133bn Tonnes of Carbon Since the Dawn of Agriculture

[Translate] Carbon Brief Aug. 28, 2017 11:24AM EST Agencja Fotograficzna Caro / Alamy Stock Photo By Daisy Dunne The world’s...

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Architects Speak Out Against T...

Sep 5, 2017 by

Architects Speak Out Against Trump’s Latest Executive Order

[Translate] [Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images] “Climate change is here, no matter what any administration does to hide the facts.” By...

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Vestas Joins Tesla to Combine ...

Sep 5, 2017 by

[Translate]   By Anna Hirtenstein   BLOOMBERG NEWS Part of wider global program, Vestas also working with others Vestas seeking to...

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Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?...

Sep 4, 2017 by

Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

[Translate] Paul Krugman    NYTIMES Photo The highways in Houston were empty last Tuesday after the city was inundated with...

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Agenda 2030 Translator: How to...

Sep 3, 2017 by

Agenda 2030 Translator: How to Read the UN’s New Sustainable Development Goals

[Translate] Environment By Aaron and Melissa Dykes It’s that time again: the United Nations is officially releasing the all new...

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A 1-acre permaculture farm sup...

Sep 3, 2017 by

A 1-acre permaculture farm supplies 50 families

[Translate] Sami Grover TREEHUGGER.COM Science / Sustainable Agriculture July 26, 2016 Share on Facebook Video screen capture Happen...

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He Holds The Patent That Could...

Sep 3, 2017 by

He Holds The Patent That Could DESTROY Monsanto And Change The World!

[Translate] by AMANDA FROELICH   EWAO.COM If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has...

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Earth to Houston: We Have a Pr...

Sep 3, 2017 by

Earth to Houston: We Have a Problem

[Translate] Humanity this week experienced ecological disasters on an unprecedented scale. Flooding on the Gulf Coast and in South...

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Harvey triggered the release o...

Sep 2, 2017 by

Harvey triggered the release of more than a million pounds of toxic pollutants

[Translate] Climate Desk By Emily Atkin GRIST.ORG This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part...

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Houston’s flooding shows what ...

Aug 30, 2017 by

Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant

[Translate] WET LAND NEEDS WETLANDS Share Written by Ana Campoy David Yanofsky   QZ.COM August 29, 2017 Since Houston, Texas was...

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Consciousness is the Key to Wo...

Aug 30, 2017 by

Consciousness is the Key to World Change

[Translate] August 30th, 2017 By Paul A. Philips Guest writer for Wake Up World Those craftily manipulating and controlling our...

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Trump’s day of doom for ...

Aug 28, 2017 by

Trump’s day of doom for national monuments approaches

[Translate] This Land is Your Land Created by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, the Cascade-Siskiyou monument protects Oregon’s...

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Days Before Hurricane Harvey H...

Aug 28, 2017 by

Days Before Hurricane Harvey Hit Texas, Trump Repealed Flood Planning Rules

[Translate] Architects are baffled by the president’s decision to undo a key directive that modernized flood management policy...

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Staying below 2 degrees is “po...

Aug 25, 2017 by

Staying below 2 degrees is “possible and practical” says RMI

[Translate] The Rocky Mountain Institute’s new report Positive Disruption describes pathways for the global economy to mitigate...

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Here’s How 139 Countries...

Aug 24, 2017 by

[Translate] Energy Lorraine Chow   ECOWATCH.COM Two years ago, Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson and his collaborators...

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Only Solution, Says McKibben, ...

Aug 23, 2017 by

Only Solution, Says McKibben, 100% Renewables ‘As Fast as Humanly Possible’

[Translate] “No more half-measures,” warns prominent climate author and activist by Jake Johnson, staff writer  ...

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The eclipse was a test, and th...

Aug 23, 2017 by

The eclipse was a test, and the solar industry aced it.

[Translate] Briefly   via GRIST.org Stuff that matters off the grid REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni As the United States momentarily plunged...

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Wind energy saves up to 12,000...

Aug 18, 2017 by

Wind energy saves up to 12,000 lives, $108 billion in health costs

[Translate] Hannah Hunt   AWEABLOG.ORG   We often write about the economic benefits of wind power. But a new report released this...

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Earthships: 100% Sustainable, ...

Aug 18, 2017 by

Earthships: 100% Sustainable, Inexpensive Off-Grid Homes Made From Recycled Materials (Video)

[Translate] Environment Grow your own food, produce your own energy and reduce your carbon footprint in an Earthship home. By...

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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...

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Soon We’ll Be Able to Swim in ...

Aug 16, 2017 by

[Translate] Dana Davidsen   THEDIRT.ASLA.ORG Chicago River / Pinterest Take a dip in the Chicago River? Those familiar with its...

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Landscape Architecture in the ...

Aug 16, 2017 by

Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (August 1 – 15)

[Translate] J.R. Taylor   DIRT.ASLA.ORG Approaching the Japanese Garden Cultural Village / Jeremy Bittermann Portland Japanese Garden...

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U.S. Wind and Solar Boom Helpe...

Aug 16, 2017 by

[Translate] Lorraine Chow   ECOWATCH.COM A new study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab gives us further reason to transition...

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AIA Urges Senate to Watch Its ...

Aug 15, 2017 by

AIA Urges Senate to Watch Its Language in New Energy Bill

[Translate] American Institute of Architects (AIA) Executive Vice President Robert Ivy sent a letter on August 8 to the two U.S....

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HAS AMERICA LOST ITS MIND?

Aug 15, 2017 by

[Translate] Kurt Anderson in “How America Lost Its Mind” should have stretched his imagination beyond a reductionist blame the...

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‘An Inconvenient Sequel&...

Aug 12, 2017 by

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Conveniently Leaves Out One Big Truth

[Translate] It’s our diets, stupid. By Rachel Krantz / AlterNet Photo Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock At the end of An...

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