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Earthship Trooper
September's Miller-McCune magazine features Michael Reynolds and his brand of low-consumption, off-the-grid…
Take This Theory — Please!
Evolutionary theorist suggests humor played a key role in our development as a species.
Restoration: You Can’t Get There From Here
An ambitious plan to restore the Everglades to a pre-development condition may be plain impossible.
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Papa’s Got a Brand-New Ag?
Written by: Joan Melcher, Thursday 29 May 2008 - 14:15 PM 
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A conversation with renowned entomologist Hans Herren on a United Nations report calling for changes in how the world produces its food
Off-roaders Leaving Environmentalists in the Dust
Written by: Melinda Burns, Friday 23 May 2008 - 12:00 PM 1 Comments
It's a zero-sum game between conservationists and four-wheelers, according to a University of Idaho academic, and one that those who favor the pristine can never win.
Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine
Written by: Joan Melcher, Tuesday 20 May 2008 - 11:22 AM 0 Comments
While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence.
The Doubt Makers
Written by: Michelle Nijhuis, Monday 19 May 2008 - 05:00 AM 2 Comments
By funding its own research, industry has raised unwarranted doubts about a range of scientific issues — from the risks of tobacco to the reality of climate change — delaying response to public dangers for decades. Can scientists and journalists learn to beat the doubt industry before our most serious problems beat us all?
Re-reefing the Florida Keys
Written by: Tristram Korten, Monday 19 May 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
Small Victories: Ken Nedimyer and the Nature Conservancy find coral tough enough to withstand global warming.
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- 1 Environment Becomes Heredity
- 2 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 3 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 4 The Next Market Crunch: Water
- 5 The Musician's Brain
- 6 The Doubt Makers
- 7 The ‘Big One’ Might Not Be…
- 8 Ecologist Dismisses ‘Ethanol…
- 9 Solar Building a Wise, and Ancient,…
- 10 Photovoltaics: A Bright Idea