Local Ecology | ||
Mismatch? | ||
A widely varied group of participants at a Smart Growth Workshop all agreed that smart growth is a good idea. But... what is smart growth, exactly? | ||
San Diego EarthWorks | ||
Volunteer for Earth Day | ||
Want to make a difference for the environment? Here's your chance. | ||
EarthWorks receives grant from State Parks | ||
The California State Parks Foundation is sponsoring two local projects as part of a statewide program. | ||
National Issues | ||
What did we learn in 1998? | ||
Corporate culpability reaches an all-time high with the Top 10 Worst Corporations of 1998. | ||
Accountability and public interest research | ||
You'd be surprised what is being done in the name of the public -- that's us. And, we even get to pay for it. | ||
The Power of Two: Conservation and Corporate Environmental Responsibility | ||
A new report by The Nature Conservancy indicates the public's belief that a partnership between corporations and conservation groups is what's needed. | ||
Sierra Club calls Clinton's investment in America's heritage a bold step forward | ||
Great stuff... if he can get congress to go along. | ||
Global Ecology | ||
New century to be marked by growing threats, opportunities | ||
A Worldwatch Institute report on the state of the world at the end of the millennium. | ||
20 year global temperature record shows warming and cooling trends | ||
Recent satellite data do not suggest a statistically significant warming trend over the past 20 years. 1998 heat records can be attributed to El Niño effects, | ||
In Your Garden | ||
Building good soil is the foundation of a healthy garden | ||
Have a hard time telling the difference between the concrete slab in your patio and the soil in your garden? Here are Don's surefire rules for building rich, healthy soil. | ||
Diet & Health | ||
Legal petitions filed to force FDA, CDC to combat "mad cow" type disease in the United States | ||
The unnatural practice of feeding livestock the remains of other livestock has given rise to new, deadly forms of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. | ||
Wildlife Fund wants a world DDT ban | ||
One scientist's story: leukemia and the nuclear industry in France | ||
Persecution may not be able to stop the truth, but it still hurts. | ||
Activism | ||
Talking trash: why, Coke not Pepsi? | ||
How Coke's reneging on a promise has killed part of the recycling industry. | ||
Observations from the Edge | ||
Feeding Frenzy 101: Strip Malls and Sprawl | ||
Community park vs. luxury homes: guess who wins? |