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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
By Ben Carmichael
Sending a Message
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February 23, 2011: A former White House correspondent keeps our government accountable on the environment.
Politicians, Profits & the Planet: Why the Environmental Movement and Campaign Finance Reform Need Each Other
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January 26, 2011: One year ago this past Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in its historic Citizens United decision, that constraining corporate spending on political campaigns was unconstitutional.In December 2010, in what some believe... read more >
Bike Commuters: Rolling into Work Often, Earlier
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December 13, 2010: The time is 8:15 am. You have a meeting at 8:45am. This leaves you with 15 minutes to get to work and make sure your hair doesn’t look like a character from Avatar. What do you do? Two new studies out this month make the... read more >
Congratulations, America. You Passed Wind.
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April 29, 2010: For some, it was with a sense of relief that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar passed Cape Wind, the beleaguered offshore wind project on Cape Cod. For others, it was the latest in a drama that has lasted nearly a decade.... read more >
Half-Baked Alaska: Palin’s Confused Vision of Energy & Environment
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July 16, 2009: Now that Sarah Palin has announced her resignation as Governor of Alaska, you may wonder: What has she been doing? How will she fill her time? In an Op-Ed piece for The Washington Post, Palin kindly provided an answer. She'... read more >
Lessons From A River
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July 6, 2009: This is a story of stories.It is about one night on a river. It is a story about listening, about healing and about nature. This story is the reason I am here, now, talking to you.A few weeks ago, I drove with my father up... read more >

Re "Lessons From A River" (July 11, 2009): Thanks your comments, all. Your comment has reminded me to order "A Language Older than Words." It's been on my reading list for years. Thanks for the nudge. Best, Ben Read More >
Visualizing A World Without New Orleans, Bangladesh, the Bahamas
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May 14, 2009: Adding to the new tools visualizing the impacts of climate change is this -- Sea Level Rise Explorer, an interactive map showing the land capture by potential long-term sea level rise around the world. The map, developed by... read more >
Energy Boon or Dirty Boondoggle: Which Would You Choose?
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April 23, 2009: Driving many conversations on energy and climate is a single question: What will the future look like?Even if you're not interested in the environment, you've asked a similar question before. If you've ever wondered what... read more >

Re "Energy Boon or Dirty Boondoggle: Which Would You Choose?" (April 23, 2009): George! Thanks for writing. Love the photo - and thanks for its use. Read More >
A Bad Economy Makes For A Bad Environment
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April 13, 2009:   As the markets have gone down, long-held assumptions have been thrown up and into the air. Economic theories, and not just the value of our homes and our retirement accounts, are coming undone. In some cases, that may... read more >
Gates Releases Mosquitoes. But What About Climate Change?
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February 7, 2009: A recent, high-profile gesture has provoked wide ranging debate and has me plotting another, similar move.At a recent TED Conference, a self-described conference of the world’s “leading thinkers and doers,” Bill Gates gave a... read more >
Ben Carmichael
Ben Carmichael has been a regular contributor since the fall of 2006. He writes about the environment, food and fishing. His work has appeared on The Huffington Post, The Yale Forum on Climate Change... More