Sustainable Snapshot: Say No to Big Yellow
Do you really need the hard-copy Yellow Pages? Say "No" before it's delivered. In the U.S., go to the Yellow Pages Opt-Out site; in Canada, the Canadian Yellow Pages Opt-Out site. (Thanks to treehugger)
From Remote Generation to Trigeneration
By John R. Nolon Editor's Note: John R. Nolon, a Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law, and counsel to the Law School's Land Use Law Center, is a renowned pioneer in sustainable land use policy. Here he explains how local zoning can embrace novel land uses...
Utah Tries to Shutdown Freedom of Speech Challenge to Ag Gag Law
Ever determined to prevent its citizens from giving animal torture a bad name, the State of Utah has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that contests the constitutionality of the state's ag gag statute, which makes it a crime to speak ill of agricultural...
Beagle Channel by Elizabeth Bradfield
Editor's Note: EarthDesk Sunday is our new weekly post that features poets, videographers, animators, cartoonists, photographers and more. We proudly kick it off with a haibun from poet and naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield. Liz lives on Cape Cod and is...
ElephantVoices: New Website, Unmatched Resource
Our friends at ElephantVoices, Dr. Joyce Poole and Petter Granli, (see also EarthDesk, September 10) have redesigned their already beautiful website, and it is stunning. It contains information on elephant communication, threats to elephants, elephant sense and...
Are the Tropics the New Harbinger of Radical Climate Change?
By Douglas Fischer The Daily Climate Editor's Note: A lone polar bear squeezed onto a tiny ice floe, the “North Pole” jutting from a pond of water, Santa Claus in swim fins – it is easy to make the Arctic the poster child for climate change, perhaps too easy. A new...
Cold War at the Top of the World
USA, Russia or Greenpeace -- Who's the Sanest? You Decide Editor's Note: Since we last posted about the Russian arrest of the Arctic 30, there has been small progress to obtain their freedom. All have been charged with piracy and have been informed they will be...
Sunday Cartoon Special: Congressman Randy Neugebauer
Editor's Note: In this special edition of Sunday Cartoon, we feature the cartoonish, if not buffoonish, Texas Congressman Randy Neugebauer publicly castigating a National Park Service Ranger for not allowing admittance to the WWII Memorial that he and his...
Revkin’s Roundup: From Government Shutdown to Student Shutout
This week's developments range from the exasperating to the exciting. Andy's picks on the government shutdown and more. Government Shutdown Tom Friedman in The New York Times How gerrymandering and other political factors led to this impasse, with worse to come....
Arctic 30 Update: Russia Charges Entire Greenpeace Crew With Piracy
Amnesty International Calls on Russian Government to Drop Charges Immediately Fox News is reporting that all crew members of the Greenpeace Vessel Arctic Sunrise have now been charged with piracy for their protest against Arctic drilling by Gazpron, a major Russian...
Russian Authorities Imprison Greenpeace Activists, Charge Some with Piracy
Russian authorities have arrested 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 freelance journalists, and charged 14 of them with piracy for boarding an oil platform to peacefully protest drilling in the Arctic by Gazpron, a major Russian oil company. From the Greenpeace website:...
Digital Art and the Urban Environment: October 4
With guest speakers from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, and Canada, Digital Art and the Urban Environment is a path-breaking symposium that will consider new modes of seeing, representing, and connecting within the urban setting. Hear from artists, architects, computer...