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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 Jenny Shalant
VIDEO: Small Farms in the Big City
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October 28, 2011: Anybody can be a farmer. As ecologist Jason Aloisio explains, all you need is a little bit of pavement to grow edible plants -- especially if you don't mind weeds for dinner.
VIDEO: Trashy Technology
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March 2, 2011: In the face of budget cutbacks to the city's e-waste recycling program, New Yorkers have to find other ways to recycle dangerous old electronics.
VIDEO: Worming Away Your Food Waste
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November 2, 2010: We throw away a lot of food. If you'd like to cut down on food waste, a few red wriggler worms will be happy to help.
Bottled Water Strikes Back on YouTube -- and Comes Up Dry
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September 2, 2010: The bottled water industry is feeling hurt. During the last week of one of the steamiest Julys that the U.S. has ever seen, environmental activists and lawmakers in Massachusetts rallied in front of the statehouse to urge... read more >
Audio Slideshow: Fragile Planet at Society of Illustrators
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July 8, 2010: Two decades ago, New York City's Society of Illustrators mounted an exhibition that brought together art and environmentalism. So much has happened since the debut of Earth for Survival: The Illustrator and the Environment... read more >
Bottled and Sold: Breaking Our National Bottled Water Obsession
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June 8, 2010: Bottled water is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry, but do we really know what's underneath those plastic caps? A new book by Peter H. Gleick says no.
Fishing for Pollution on the Bronx River
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February 8, 2010: At one time, a trip down this New York waterway meant dodging dumped cars and washing machines. Now, after local cleanup efforts, volunteers and students test the water to keep upstream polluters honest.
Jenny Shalant
Jenny Shalant is a multimedia journalist and web editor at the Wildlife Conservation Society, based at the Bronx Zoo. She received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she covered the environment for Uptown Radio, and has written... More