Sustainable Development

Infographic Shows Need for Better Bike Infrastructure in US

Check out this neat infographic about bicycle transportation in the United States: Click here to see a higher resolution version of the image. The graphic shows the states with the... Read More

Multispace

Multispace was shot and edited in Copenhagen to compete in a 2010 short film contest sponsored by the Danish State Art Fund. Entries to the contest were directed to demonstrate how... Read More

EcoTuesday’s Sustainable Network Celebrates Four Years

Clad in a green dress, Fenja Blobel, EcoTuesday’s Silicon Valley Ambassador enthusiastically welcomed each participant to the first event of the year held at SimplyBe Salon &... Read More

Chai Chat: Making Change One Conversation at a Time

Photo by Flickr user: travelmeasia Chai, translated literally, means tea. In the West, mainstream consumers have been duped into believing that chai is a kind of tea. One will often... Read More

Rising Global Food Prices and Political Instability

World food prices hit a record high in January – the highest since the FAO began monitoring in 1990. Some experts are saying that the popular protests across the middle east are... Read More

Did deforestation and tropical storms cause Haiti’s earthquake?

A tropical storm system over Haiti Long before Haiti’s January 12, 2010 earthquake devastated the capital Port-Au-Prince and much of the surrounding towns and villages, the country... Read More

Accepting Difference: India’s Nomadic Van Gujjar Community

“I can’t stay in one place for a long time, that’s why I work with nomads,” Praveen Kaushal Manto says smiling as he stands, pacing the room, while I sit. Manto reads eight... Read More

Ancient Wisdom from the Women Farmers of the Mandakini Valley

The following are two profiles of women farmers from the Mandakini Valley in the Garhwal Himalayas, India. “Everything comes from the earth. We sow one, and thousands come.” - Ganeshi... Read More

Of Gender and Farming: India’s Mandakini Valley

Saroj Devi in the doorway of her home (Photo: Lakshmi Eassey) “What was her village before she was married?” I asked. “kyu? [Why?]” I heard a voice from the kitchen question... Read More

Book review: Poaching Land and People in the Name of Conservation

Mark Dowie. 2009. Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples. MIT Press. Outside the 80,000-acre Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National... Read More

High Speed Rail Gets $2.4 Billion Boost in U.S.

An Amtrak Acela train, currently the nations only HSR line (Photo: Flickr user jimkleeman) Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded 54 high speed rail projects (HSR)... Read More

India’s Tehri Dam: Stopping the Flow of Life?

One of many farmers in the region who has been impacted by the rains and landslides. (Photo: Nuno Belchior 2010) “There’s no means to live here anymore,” said Mooni Devi,... Read More

A Tale of Two Tunnels

Gotthard Base Tunnel under construction (Photo: Flickr user Bilfinger Berger Group) Two massive tunnel projects were in the news this past week. One of the projects exemplifies a long-term... Read More