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Courtesy of ASU News Wildfire in Santa Clarita, California. Photo Wikipedia With the largest fire in Washington state history raging and the sixth-worst fire season on record in the U.S. since 1960,...
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California is undergoing a record-setting drought that began in 2012, the worst in at least 1,200 years. It can be seen in many ways: most of the freshwater reservoirs are drying up, crops are wilting...
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By Scott SeckelASU Now Photo: Carl Jones/flickr/cc It’s a big topic; even Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability leaders have divergent definitions More than 70 percent of the Earth is...
View ArticleLava Beds National Monument – Crystal Ice Cave
The National Parks Service Lava Beds National Monument, in California’s Modoc National Forest is a geological and historical wonder. The last half-million years of volcanic eruptions on the Medicine...
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By Kim Echart YES! Magazine Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here’s why: There’s only one farmer under 35 for every six over...
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On the Commons The disaster with Flint, Michigan’s drinking water, incited by political leaders more devoted to fiscal austerity than the common good, illuminates why it’s important to think of our...
View ArticleWorking with Nature, Not Against It
Life in Syntropy* Ernst Gotch, a Brazilian farmer, works with nature, not against it. By using agroforestry and organic regenerative practices—self-perpetuating systems found in nature, he converted...
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Nature Video The earth is a complex place, comprised of millions of networks from microscopic ecosystems to global migration. Network scientists at Northeastern University are plotting a mathematical...
View Article2016 Environmental Performance Index
By Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy The 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries according to their performance in safeguarding ecosystems and protecting human health...
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