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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa.
Guardian Environmental Network
January 25, 2012: Obama’s speech touts clean energy alongside more drilling, offering something for everyone to love (and hate).
January 20, 2012: Before winning an Oscar, Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" made its first splash at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. This year, five documentaries with green themes look to follow in its footsteps.
January 18, 2012: Bans on shark fin soup have gained ground in the U.S. recently, and now major hotel chains in China are also working to protect sharks.
January 17, 2012: Too many brothers mean big trouble for female marmots. They don’t tease her or pull hair, but they could ruin her future family life.
January 13, 2012: Worldwide renewable energy funding hit $260 billion last year, with the U.S. surpassing China for the first time since 2008.
January 11, 2012: Biologists float a proposal that would make commercial whaling legal, but also let conservation groups buy up the hunting quotas.
January 10, 2012: Americans say they want renewable power. But when energy projects hit too close to home, many are heading to the picket line.
At a sanctuary in China, bears freed from bile farms recover from their lives trapped in tiny cages.
The U.S. suffered 12 weather-related disasters in 2011 with damages of more than $1 billion. Get used to it.
As millions of Africans move to cities, they're finding innovative ways to grow food close to home.