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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 Sharman Apt Russell
Born to Be Wild
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December 19, 2011: Time to delve again into those childhood books -- gateways to untamed places, fierce beasts, and our enduring affinity for the natural world.
All You Need Is Love
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November 24, 2010: On the back roads of New Mexico, the sense of place is powerfull -- and everyone feels it in his or her own way.
True Confessions of a Citizen Scientist
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February 28, 2010: One woman's quest to become the world’s leading expert on a bug.
The Barbaric Heart
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August 26, 2009: Look deep into what Curtis White calls "the Barbaric Heart" and you’ll find yourself traveling, like some blood clot in a House episode, down the aisles of Wal-Mart and Costco, into the boardrooms of multinational corporations, along the streets of suburban sprawl, through alleyways of junkies and the homeless, to some dinner party where beautifully dressed people feel simultaneously empty and self-important.
Fruitless Fall
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December 1, 2008: Sharman Apt Russell reviews Fruitless Fall
How To Save The Planet Over Dinner
Living Green | (4) Comments
August 28, 2008: Saving the planet is easy: just serve food and wine, and let the dinner conversation flow.
Thousand Mile Song
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May 28, 2008: Sharman Apt Russell reviews David Rothenberg's Thousand Mile Song.
The World Without Us
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September 1, 2007: Sharman Apt Russell reviews this new book by Alan Weisman
Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
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March 1, 2007: Sharman Apt Russell reviews this new book by Amy Stewart
Sharman Apt Russell

Sharman Apt Russell is an award-winning nature and science writer whose most recent book is Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist (Basic Books). She teaches creative writing at Western New Mexico University in Silver City and Antioch University in Los Angeles.