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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
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A Legal Eagle Lands: Peter Lehner, NRDC's New Executive Director

NRDC's new executive director Peter Lehner came to NRDC last November from the New York Attorney General's office, where he was the state's top environmental enforcer. He arrives at a pivotal moment, as Americans seem to be waking up to the reality of global warming. Peter talks with Emily Cousins about NRDC's new market transformation center, a changing energy future, and what individuals can do to steer the country in the right direction.

» Read Fieldwork: Peter Lehner from OnEarth's Summer 2007 issue

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After nine years of living in New York City, Emily Cousins recently traded in Manhattan for the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona. Her writing desk now has a view of Black Mesa, and she spends most weekends exploring Anasazi ruins or redrocks ca... READ MORE >