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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Erika Brekke
Striking a Balance
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May 25, 2011: A lifelong wilderness advocate helps ensure that large renewable energy ventures end up in the right locations.
VIDEO: Growing a New Generation of Farmers
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May 25, 2011: What's the most valuable crop on 29-year-old Molly Rockamann's organic farm? "New farmers!"
VIDEO: Turning Nature Into Classrooms
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May 18, 2011: An elementary school in Berkeley, California, is helping kids move away from their computer screens and into nature by participating in the green schoolyard initiative.
VIDEO: Art at the Dump: From Trash to Treasure
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November 17, 2010: Artists sift through huge mounds of garbage in San Francisco, aiming to create beauty where before there was only junk.
VIDEO: The Future of Farming
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August 18, 2010: Frank Muller operates a large-scale farm in Northern California, where he's working to make his fields more sustainable and economical by combining the best practices of commercial and organic agriculture.
VIDEO: Whitebark Pine Endangered by Climate Change
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July 19, 2010: Yellowstone's iconic whitebark pine trees provide food for grizzly bears to survive the long winter. But they're being wiped out by pine beetles and climate change.
VIDEO: Gulf Coast Pelicans Fight for Survival
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June 29, 2010: Brown pelicans on the Gulf Coast are threatened as oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster invades their habitat and nesting grounds. But at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana, pelicans... read more >
VIDEO: Gulf Residents Concerned About Oil Spill's Health Impacts
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June 17, 2010: The damage inflicted by the BP oil spill on the natural environment in the Gulf Coast region is plainly visible, but what's not as apparent is the potential damage the spill poses to human health. Community members are... read more >
VIDEO: Oil Threatens the Gulf Coast Seafood Industry
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June 7, 2010:  New Orleans is known all over the world for its famous seafood, but the Gulf Coast oil spill has left the future of the industry in jeopardy. Chefs, suppliers, and consumers are worried about how the ongoing disaster will... read more >
VIDEO: Native American Family's Legacy and Livelihood Threatened by Gulf Oil Disaster
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June 1, 2010: The Philippe family has called Louisiana's Grand Bayou home for "centuries upon centuries." As part of the Native American Atakapa-Ishak tribe, the family has relied on the land and water around it to survive for... read more >
Erika Brekke
Erika Brekke is a freelance video journalist based in San Francisco. She received her master's degree from the Medill School at Northwestern University and interned at the Associated Press TV News bureau in Brussels, Belgium, where she covered political events at the EU, NATO,... More