The 17th Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) just concluded here in Denver, a city that boasts one of the largest new urbanist development projects in the United States at Stapleton. Fittingly, the Denver metro area also lies at the forefront of this somewhat controversial movement, with five similar communities ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk last month, about Architecture, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth
In a recent article on Grist, food editor and farmer/cook Tom Philpott draws parallels between danger signs of the financial collapse in this New Yorker article and the potentially disastrous problems facing us today in industrial food production and its effect on the environment and the global food supply ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk last month, about Agriculture & Food, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Organic, Politics & Government
Bill Niman, founder of Niman Ranch sustainable meats, and Nicolette Hahn Niman want the Obamas to add some chickens to the White House gardening venture: "Fueled by a desire to reconnect with the source of one's food, as well as to regain control over its safety and healthfulness, there ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in April, about Agriculture & Food, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Children and Families, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Organic (2 comments)
Grow healthy food within the very communities that need it most. It seems like a simple concept, but Will Allen's Growing Power in Milwaukee feels like a community food revolution. Allen, a former NBA draft pick and Proctor & Gamble executive, founded Growing Power to make good, clean produce easy ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Children and Families, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development
Stories about moms turned activists resonate with me. Having a child with persistent asthma, after all, motivated me to start advocating for cleaner air and lower emissions through websites like this one. There is nothing quite like the mothering instinct kicked into overdrive and funneled into the effort to protect ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government (1 comment)
President Obama's choosing Tufts University professor and organic advocate Kathleen Merrigan as the deputy secretary of agriculture has gone a long way towards appeasing sustainable food communities over Tom Vilsack's appointment as USDA head. At the same time, Merrigan's nomination is a strong first stroke towards crafting ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in April, about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government (1 comment)
It may be impossible to overestimate the importance of tropical rainforests to human health and global stability. Their incredible biodiversity produces cancer fighters and other lifesaving medication, and the control they exert on atmospheric climate is enormous, in part because of their role in global water circulation. Rainforests' carbon storage ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in March, about Carbon Sequestration, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife
A recent Harris poll of 2,848 adults in January lays a common misconception to rest by showing that Americans don't stop caring about environmental problems during challenging financial times. According to the research, half of Americans surveyed don't see a conflict between fixing the financial crisis and ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in March, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
A billion gallons of sludge. A possible $800 million price tag for the cleanup. A lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority. So far in Tennessee, this is just some of the fallout from the 300-acre Kingston Steam Plant coal ash spill in December as concerns over heavy metal pollution and ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in March, about Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
As the U.S. House of Representatives just voted to increase transit funding in this country's stimulus bill from $9 billion to $12 billion, smarter, greener public transportation in America appears poised to blossom. Updating U.S. infrastructure is expected to be a massive, multi-faceted job, but a new ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in February, about Economics, Politics & Government, Transport (1 comment)
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