Dec 5 2017: It's World Soil Day
The Global Soil Partnership is dedicating World Soil Day 2017 to the theme "Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground". Soil is a...
The human faces of climate change
When I arrive at award-winning chef Katie Button’s downtown Asheville restaurant, Cúrate, Dayna Reggero greets me with a hug before I...
Tangier Island, VA on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Residents of Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, live through each hurricane season in fear of a major storm that would decimate their...
Oceans under greatest threat in history, warns Sir David Attenborough
The world’s oceans are under the greatest threat in history, according to Sir David Attenborough. The seas are a vital part of the global...
World gathers at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi to tackle global menace of pollution
Over 4,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives gathered today at the third UN...
Where Corn Is King, the Stirrings of a Renaissance in Small Grains
To the untrained eye, Jeremy Gustafson’s 1,600-acre farm looks like all the others spread out across Iowa. Gazing at his conventional...
Sadiq Khan plans network of London water fountains to reduce plastic waste
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan wants to roll out a new network of water fountains and bottle-refill stations across the capital to help reduce...
It's December. America is virtually snow-free.
In a season traditionally devoted to snow, a rash of unseasonably warm weather means that, right now in the United States, there's hardly...
Cutting Down on Cow Burps to Ease Climate Change
In a cream-colored metal barn two hours north of Wellington, New Zealand, a black-and-white dairy cow stands in what looks like an...
Rural Rwanda is home to a pioneering new solar power idea
Fidel Mberabagabo lives down a dirt path in a modest, hand-built mud and concrete home surrounded on either side by hazy, gently cresting...