OnEarth Magazine: Subscribe | Current Issue
Your OnEarth: Login / Register

Search

DON'T MISS:
Groundbreaking journalism needs your support
SUBSCRIBE TODAY and enjoy a special introductory offer: A full year for just $15!

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 Mary Plummer
VIDEO: Brooklyn IKEA Installs Solar Panels But Can't Flip Switch
multimedia | (5) Comments
August 20, 2010: New York City's first IKEA furniture store wants to tap the sun's clean, renewable energy, but bureaucracy is casting a shadow over its rooftop solar panels.
VIDEO: Long Island Town Fights for Green Jobs
multimedia | (3) Comments
August 3, 2010: In the Long Island town of Babylon, New York, a White House-backed program known as PACE has been creating jobs and saving homeowners money.
Big Apple Needs Bees, Supporters Say
web exclusive | (0) Comments
February 3, 2010: New York City beekeepers urged the health board to overturn a ban on honey bees, touting the environmental and health benefits.
Mary Plummer
Mary Plummer is an independent journalist living in New York City. Her work has been published in UWIRE, The Orange County Register, and The Yomiuri Shimbun, which is published twice daily in Japan with a circulation of more than 14 million. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska.