Guerrilla grafting, crop mobs, and other ways to make the fruits of your labor go further.
The oil giant reputation it becoming notorious as shareholders, mayors, and indigenous people criticize its actions.
In Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other cases, the people protested and got war anyway. Why—at least, so far—has the story played out differently with Syria?
To transform economically and socially depressed areas into healthy, vibrant communities, we have to focus on their strengths and trust residents to solve their own problems.
Training farms known as incubators are helping immigrants and others get into farming. But Congressional wrangling over the Farm Bill has put their future in question.
A series of actions that took place this summer helped to shift the climate movement's center of gravity.
National media accounts of Detroit's bankruptcy miss the growing industries, strong communities, and policy changes laying the foundation's for the city's recovery.
Many of the legal and diplomatic processes that led to peace in other times of conflict haven't even been tried yet in Syria.
From sharing to repairing, the inspiration you need to lighten your load.
Living a happy life in love is the most important sexual education we can give our kids.
For a more sustainable start to the school year, just follow the Seattle-based rapper to that thrift store down the road.
Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, have learned that climate change endangers Ethiopia's coffee crops. Here's what they're doing to make sure the plants will survive.
Remember the last time we were told military strikes were needed because a Middle Eastern despot had used weapons of mass destruction?
I've respectfully informed my alma mater that, until it divests its holdings in the fossil fuel industry—coal, oil, tar sands, and fracked natural gas—I will not donate another cent.
A Montana-based nonprofit is moving to preserve 3.5 million acres of the Great Plains.
We all know our stuff doesn't grow on store shelves. Here's how we can rehumanize our relationship with our things—and the people who make them.
Factory owners in the United States say that the Trans-Pacific Partnership—which is being negotiated this week in Brunei—will force them to lay off workers. Yet opponents in Washington are few and far between.
It’s important to remember the full scope of King’s dream.
Starting the process of change in a place you know well makes it more doable and fun.
While banning the use of bee-killing pesticides is crucial, planting your yard with flowers instead of grass helps, too.
I've built a life filled with work I love. But the challenge of choosing among competing joys is very real.
The way we make and use stuff is harming the world—and ourselves. To create a system that works, we can't just use our purchasing power. We must turn it into citizen power.
Singer-songwriters Brett Dennen and Milow make a strong case for the lasting beauty of "Annie's Song" by John Denver.
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Filmmaker Pratibha Parmar's presentation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's life will inspire you.
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