Lawns: Do you still have one?
My good friend Bonnie (who has since moved to France where she doesn’t have a lawn to kill) had this on her bumper for years. She transformed her front yard and as soon as you got out of your car,…
Politics in the Zeros
Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
Politics in the Zeros
Voting rights, politics, renewable energy, water
Category environment
Santa Cruz coastline will be protected
The Coastal Commission has approved a landmark deal that will preserve 10 square miles of land in northern California. The 6,800 acres of undeveloped shoreline, wooded areas and farmland in northern Santa Cruz County–known as Coast Dairies ranch–will be transferred…
Why you might not want to move to North Dakota after all
Yes, there are a lot of jobs there, the majority of them requiring no more than a high school education. North Dakota is now the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the U.S., recently passing Louisiana. At the present rate of growth,…
On The Future of Food. By HRH The Prince of Wales
On May 4, 2001 Prince Charles gave a quite brilliant keynote speech at The Future of Food Conference at Georgetown. This 45 pg. book ($6.99) is the text of the speech, along with introduction and afterword. What you may not…
Wilderness land to remain roadless (at least for now)
Denying a request for a rehearing made by the State of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association, the 10th U.S. Circuit of Appeals upheld its unanimous decision in favor of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule last week. The Roadless Area…