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As the most common chemical compound on earth, water shows up everywhere and expresses its diversity in many ways. Water's latest appearance arrives in an art exhibit called the "Value of Water: Sustaining A Green Planet" at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
It doesn’t matter if or when peak oil happens. Oil and other fossil fuels will be with us for some time. That is the problem.
Our Hero: Andrew Gunther of Animal Welfare Approved
As Program Director for Animal Welfare Approved, Andrew Gunther leads a fascinating and vital program that centers around auditing and certifying family farms that raise their animals humanely, outdoors on pasture or range.
Hurricane Irene caused the worst flooding eastern upstate New York and Vermont have seen in centuries, devastating farms and dairies throughout the Northeast. We've mapped as many as we could find, as well as local events organized to support them.
New York City has a plastic bag recycling program. Great, but getting city residents to kick their disposable bag habit is going to take a lot more than that. Is it time for the city to start restricting single-use bags?
Our Hero: Marianne Cufone, Executive Director of the Recirculating Farms Coalition
Marianne Cufone, Executive Director of the Recirculating Farms Coalition, talks about hurricanes, tilapia and how recirculating aquaculture systems can be produce seafood sustainably.
In which the Ecocentric team takes Slow Food's $5 Challenge a few days early. The mouthwatering dishes pictured here are our delicious attempts to "take back the value meal."
Maybe it was the fact that I tied the knot with my beautiful wife, Laura. Or maybe it was the blustery entrance of Hurricane Irene the following day. Let’s just say it was an unforgettable weekend.
From the Nourish blog: Fair food is good for people and the earth. Oran Hesterman, author of the new book Fair Food and founder of the Fair Food Network, discusses what communities are doing to create a more equitable food system.
In which Dulce Fernandes sits with photographer Aliza Eliazarov to talk about her project “Sustain,” an ambitious photographic survey on the new farm movement, which has taken Aliza across the country countless times to meet new farmers and document their relationships with the land.
