by Carolyn Craig | Jun 4, 2013 | International, Recreation
Beneath water cannons, barricades, and the fiercest citizen uprising in Turkey’s recent history is the story of one little park and the people who stood up for it. On May 28, a peaceful, apolitical crowd of demonstrators set up camp in Taksim Gezi Park to prevent its...
by John Cronin | Jun 3, 2013 | General, Law & Policy, Water
An interview with Dr. Leonard Konikow, USGS Research Hydrologist. The exploitation of groundwater has become increasingly unsustainable, nationally and globally. A report by the US Geological Survey (USGS), ”Groundwater Depletion in the United States,” has grim...
by EarthDesk | Jun 1, 2013 | Corporate Responsibility, Economics, Sustainability
By Noushi Rahman How do companies such as American Apparel, Apple, Starbucks, Timberland, Tom’s of Maine, and Trader Joe’s acquire such a pro-sustainability image? I had an unarticulated notion in my head that many of these so-called ethical companies were...