our heroes
Our Heroes is a weekly series that highlights the work and the daily lives of people who are making major changes in the world of food, water and/or energy.
I met Sarah Haynes in January 2011 during my farming excursion in St. Croix. Sarah is now running a school garden, and teaching kids about food and farming as the EARTH (Education And Resiliency Through Horticulture) Coordinator at the Gifft Hill School on St. John.
In her new movie "Last Call at the Oasis," Oscar-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu trains her lens on the world water crisis, with a particular emphasis on the United States – a nation that is little aware of its burgeoning water quality and quantity problems.
In which we talk to Karen Fairbairn, co-owner of Lazy Crazy Acres Farm & Creamery, about life as a dairy farmer as well as the challenges with organic certification, and her recommendation to add “American Farming” to public school curriculum. We're in.
The Green Restaurant Association rated the Grey Plume in Omaha, Nebraska the most sustainable restaurant in the US. We spoke with chef/owner Clayton Chapman about the comprehensive sustainability initiatives there, from lighting timers on their house-grown microgreens to solar-powered water faucets [...]
In this conversation we discuss Fox's recent arrest while trying to videotape a hearing in Congress, earthquakes in Ohio, the role of social issue documentaries in the environmental movement and how many explosions to expect in the film’s sequel, Gasland 2.
In 2009, Gary Oppenheimer had an idea to reduce food waste and help feed the hungry in his community by connecting those with extra produce to food pantries. Three years later, AmpleHarvest.org has registered nearly 5,000 food pantries nationwide.
James Whitlow Delano leads one of those lives you read about in NatGeo, spending his days traveling to exotic places, getting lost in the jungle with only his camera for company. Thankfully, he finds his way out and shares his photos with the world.
Ball State University is installing the nation’s largest geothermal heating and cooling project as a part of replacing an old coal fired system. Temperatures below ground stay fairly constant throughout the year, providing a renewable source of energy for the university.
For the past ten years, Live Real's Navina Khanna has worked to promote food justice by implementing programs to increase access to affordable and healthy food for low-income families, teaching farming in the U.S. and India and organizing communities for food systems reform.
Carole Baker, better known around the Texas State Capitol as "the Queen of Water Conservation," chairs the Alliance for Water Efficiency. Here we discuss the organization, water efficiency and conservation, and Texas water politics.
Josh Dolan founded Sapsquatch Pure Maple Syrup four years ago. A sugarmaker with an intimate connection to the land, he has become an outspoken activist against hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) in New York State.
Perhaps best known as the chicken farmer from Food, Inc., Carole Morison is a long-time poultry producer, sustainable agriculture activist and outspoken critic of the industrial food system. Here, she discusses her transition from industrial producer to sustainable farmer.
Heroic Endeavor: Sarah Haynes, Gifft Hill School, St. John USVI
Our Hero: Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org
