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COP17: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Climate Change

What can we expect from this year’s climate conference?

With well more then 15,000 delegates likely to be in attendance (COP15 had more then 24,000!) we can expect a lot, at least on the discussion side of things.  At the …

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COP17: On the Ground for the Latest Round of Climate Talks

COP17: On the Ground for the Latest Round of Climate Talks

It’s that time of the year again.  Leaves are changing.  Warm jackets are emerging from attic closets.  Forgotten winter boots reappear in mudrooms.  And diplomats, from all corners of the globe, are gathering, as they do this time every year, …

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Sharon Smith knows a thing or two about organizing. (Photo by Dan Constable)

Audacious Hope: An Interview with Environmental Activist Sharon Smith

Author, activist, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies student Sharon Smith knows a thing or two about organizing.
by × November 27, 2011 × 0 comments

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Activist and Social Entrepreneur Jeff Gang on Green Organizing and Green Buying

Activist and Social Entrepreneur Jeff Gang on Green Organizing and Green Buying

If an environmental advocate has sent you an email, called your phone, or knocked on your door in the last two years, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve made the acquaintance of Jeff Gang. In his year as a Green …

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Sunrise on the Amazon

Night Swimming in the Amazon

"The Peruvian Amazon never fails to impose quandaries." Conservation scientist Sarah Federman describes one night's mishap near a far-flung research station in the isolated Peruvian Amazon.
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Fishing for the Future of Fish

Fishing for the Future of Fish

Angela Orthmeyer reports on fishers across America who are voluntarily changing the way they fish so that their kids will someday be able to fish as well. She visits four towns to talk to four innovators who are fishing for the future.
by × November 17, 2011 × 3 comments