A Tree That Tweets

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It sounds like a premise for a bad M. Night Shyamalan movie: a tree that broadcasts its activities and “feelings” across social networks. But in fact it’s reality. Read more »

The Most Sustainable College in America?

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Tucked in a mountain valley on the outskirts of Asheville, North Carolina, Warren Wilson College has earned a reputation as a college whose graduates are well-versed in the practical realities of ecological work and life. Read more »

Home Renovation, the Shareable Way

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On any given day you can tune into a renovation show on TV and find instructions on how to personalize your home. More and more the market asks us to go beyond a well-built dwelling in a good location. Read more »

How Affordable & Sustainable is Your Neighborhood?

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Our friends at GOOD magazine turned me on to this really cool tool by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Read more »

The Weeds of Ecotopia, Part Two

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In part one of our conversation with Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach and Farm City author Novella Carpenter, we explored the roots of the Ecotopian vision. Now in part two, we look at its impact on younger generations. Read more »

The Weeds of Ecotopia

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In 1972, Ernest Callenbach was an editor with the University Press of California in Berkeley, “leading a normal, bourgeois life,” he says. Read more »

Crypto-Forests and Guerrilla Gardening

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My imagination was ignited a few weeks ago when I came across a post on BLDGBLOG about crypto-forests: forgotten patches of urban land where nature has taken its course. Read more »

A Moral Imperative to Drive Less

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“Today there is an ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that stems from the insatiable demand for oil and for using that oil for driving," writes Jason Henderson, a Geography Professor at San Francisco State University. Read more »

How to Start a Crop Mob

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There’s a lot up for debate in the realm of agriculture these days, but there’s one thing no one can dispute: farming is hard, often lonely work. Read more »

The Great Gulf Enclosure

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The noxious gusher of oil flowing from one mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico is an unprecedented environmental disaster, no doubt about it. This morning, yet another accident set it gushing again, full force. Read more »
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