Biospherics: What Nature Does for Us
John Allen’s focus on Biosphere 2 was different from the mainstream. Typically, biological and ecological research is devoted to understanding the individual parts of systems, or even ecosystems. Allen wanted to know how the whole thing worked.
A Real Answer for the Environmental Crisis: Conscious Cultural Evolution
All human cultures evolve in response to ecological
change, but for thousands of years we have ignored this simple fact. We don't understand our ecological blindness because we choose not to. The price of purposeful unawareness could not be higher.
The Peasant’s Way
La Via Campesina, arguably the world's largest social movement, fights for food sovereignty.
Rooftop Agriculture: What’s in it for Me?
Each rooftop farm and garden, no matter how small, can enhance the lives of individuals and communities as people are drawn inward and upward.
The Geography of Local
Before we delve into the dilemmas associated with defining “local,”
we first need to consider whether “local” is simply about location and
distance—in other words, the tensions between the point of origin and
the point of consumption. Is “local” just about physical geography?
Library Turns to Seeds
A library in Colorado has added seeds to its lending collection in a bid to promote local food production and encourage gardening.
growing heart farm CSA open for 2012
truly local hand crafted fresh veggies in manhattan and brooklyn
Future Farmers
Japan has a plan for robot farmers and tractors to transform land destroyed by last year's tsunami into a futuristic super farm.
Every Day We Choose
Living fully during a time of historic crisis for our planet is possible only if we grasp how our individual choices address its very roots. To connect our passions with the world's needs, we must probe deeply enough to see the underlying patterns trapping us in this horrific mess.
Food on Drugs
For the first time ever the FDA has exposed the large amount of antibiotics used in factory farm animals.
