Casa Huerta (Orchard House) is a small scale greenhouse / vertical farming system proposed to better life in the poor areas of the world’s cities. Developed by a group of Argentine architects, the project combines a number of important trends related to the future of urban living – low cost, portable ... keep reading
Written by Scott Lachut yesterday, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development
To offset the disruptive irrigation effects brought on by global warming, the small village of Stakmo, India has been developing a method for creating their own artificial glaciers. The process involves diverting unused autumn and winter runoffs into specially constructed rock reservoirs that hold the water. As the weather grows ... keep reading
Written by Francisco Hui this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
In a previous post here, I raised the population and water issue in a general way. My point was that ignoring the population component of our resource challenges was a mistake, certainly in the long term and in some places, in the short term. I think this is indisputable — resource ... keep reading
Written by Peter Gleick last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather (2 comments)
It’s 25 years since the Ethiopian famine and the region is again being flayed by drought. Expect lots of media coverage, at least some of it along the lines of ’why did we bother? Nothing’s changed.’ Not so. Band Aids and Beyond, an Oxfam briefing paper published recently ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Food, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
Ideas for a greener Halloween... There’s a whole website you can visit called GreenHalloween.org. And everybody’s favorite green website, Treehugger, has a bunch of ideas (reprinted below). But first, when you see kids out trick-or-treating … please consider these lines from the nation’s top climate scientist: … the ... keep reading
Written by Joe Romm last month, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Education, Events, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling
Lured by its wonderful title, I’ve just been reading a new briefing about some successful adaptation work in Northeast Thailand. Here’s a summary: In 2007, farmers in Yasothorn Province, north-east Thailand, experienced the longest dry spell during a rainy season in decades. Yasothorn, one of the 10 poorest ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green last month, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environmental Disasters, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development (1 comment)
In early 2008, Saudi Arabia announced that, after being self-sufficient in wheat for over 20 years, the non-replenishable aquifer it had been pumping for irrigation was largely depleted. In response, officials said they would reduce their wheat harvest by one-eighth each year until production would cease entirely in 2016. The ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown last month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
Getting attention for environmental issues is not always an easy thing to do in Asia. Many identify “green” with the color of money and not much else. And in many ways, who could blame people-- with competitive cultures, an economic downturn, and a rising cost of living, for many the ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias in September, about Art & Culture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Poverty & Development
Climate change is already having disproportionate effects on the populations of many poor developing countries, a situation which will only get worse as the global temperature rises. Such countries do not have the resources to develop the adaptation measures they are going to need. Nicholas Stern devoted considerable attention to ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
This is a picture of the mouth of a 7-year-old boy named Ryan Massey who has the misfortune of living in a coal mining area in West Virginia. In case you missed Sunday's New York Times article "Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering:" [Ryan's ... keep reading
Written by Colin Beavan in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
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