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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 Michael Behar
Cold Comfort
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August 26, 2010: As we stagger to the end of another brutally hot summer, addicted to air-conditioning, it's time to come up with more energy-efficient alternatives. Fortunately they're out there.
Renewable Energy Catches on in Red America
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February 28, 2010: Kern County, California, with an economy driven by oil and the military, is as conservative a place as you could find. But it's fallen in love with wind and solar power -- for strictly fiscal reasons. If this revolution helps green the planet, well, that's icing on the cake.
Selling the Sun
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February 27, 2009: The sun is the ultimate renewable energy source, and Jigar Shah believes it's ready for prime time. As the brains behind the business model that made solar power easy and affordable, he should know.
Michael Behar
Michael Behar writes about adventure travel, the environment, and innovations in science for such magazines as Outside, Wired, Men's Journal, Mother Jones, Popular Science, and Discover. Formerly, he was a senior editor at... More