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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 Emily Voigt
PHOTOS: What Would a Vertical Farm Look Like?
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January 3, 2011: Proponents claim that vertical farming could solve age-old problems with agriculture and help feed a growing world. Here are some designs for such "farmscrapers."
A New Direction in Agriculture: Up
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January 3, 2011: How will a world with limited resources feed an exploding population in the coming decades? A new book looks to the idea of vertical farming for the answer.
Gas in the Gulf
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September 16, 2010: The BP blowout was more than just an "oil spill." The gusher and underwater plumes were full of natural gases like methane. A new study tries to discern their impact.
Tiny Critters That Eat Oil
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August 26, 2010: Scientists probe the DNA of oceanic microorganisms that may enable them to clean up future oil spills -- though not in time to pick up after BP.
Gulf Oil Spill: An Opportunity for Conservation?
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May 7, 2010: Eminent marine biologist Daniel Pauly says the devastating economic and environmental impacts of the BP oil spill could actually give the Gulf a chance to recover from overfishing -- if we get smarter about managing fisheries.
Audio Slideshow: Fisheries Expert Daniel Pauly on the Gulf Spill's Impact
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May 7, 2010: The Gulf of Mexico, which supplies as much as a third of America's domestically caught seafood, is at risk of becoming a giant "no fishing" zone after the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform disaster. Eminent... read more >
The Philosophy of Saving the World
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April 30, 2010: At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, some of the world's top scientists, authors, and activists debate what can be done about global warming.
Why Robert Redford Wants to Save the West (and the Rest of the Planet)
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April 15, 2010: In many ways, Robert Redford is the original celebrity eco-activist. For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, he reflects on what brought him to the cause -- and why it's more important than ever.
Audio Slideshow: Robert Redford Reflects on 40 Years of Activism
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April 15, 2010: Robert Redford is one of those Hollywood icons who was never content to be a celebrity. He wanted to put his fame and fortune to good use, and he's done that through tireless advocacy on behalf of the environment. A... read more >
Audio Slideshow: Rising Currents
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April 2, 2010: We don't often think of New York City as a chain of islands, but it is. That means the nation's most populous city is also one of the most likely to be affected by rising sea levels. More than 20 percent of Lower... read more >
Emily Voigt
Emily Voigt is a freelance writer and producer in New York. Her work has appeared in the science section of The New York Times and on "This American Life," among other places. She is the recipient of a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship from the Columbia University... More