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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
It's Just Your Trash Talkin'
By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman | From the Mag
December 7, 2011: What if our garbage system were smart enough to inform waste collectors, recyclers, and resellers what we've just tossed into it? We may be closer than you think. (0) Comments
Bruce Stutz
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Sturgeon: Mysterious Creature of the Deep
Laura Wright Treadway
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Pure Chemistry: How to Make Things That Won't Kill Us
Alan Burdick
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Moment, Magnified
Bruce Barcott
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Grolar Bears and Narlugas: Rise of the Arctic Hybrids
Laura Fraser
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Is Your Shampoo Making You Fat?
Jeff Greenwald
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This Is Your Brain on the Ocean
How to Slow Climate Change? Stop Talking About It
By George Black | The Edge
January 27, 2012: Whether you focus on slowing global warming or improving public health in the world's poorest countries, eliminating black carbon is a climate solution that makes even skeptics smile. (13) Comments
Moment, Magnified
By Alan Burdick | The Synthesist
December 16, 2011: Scientists are finding that the high-resolution panoramic photos known as GigaPan images can open up strange new worlds. (1) Comments
Renewable Energy's Ugly Duckling
By George Black | The Edge
December 15, 2011: Getting clean energy from the sun is sexy. But for more than 700 million people in South Asia, burning rice husks and cow dung may be the more important, and realistic, power source. (2) Comments
Top Down or Bottom Up?
By George Black | The Edge
December 13, 2011: Our columnist traveled to India’s Silicon Valley in search of Tom Friedman's famed new energy economy. What he found requires a radical shift in thinking. (2) Comments
Frontlines Winter 2011
By The Editors | From the Mag
November 23, 2011: The importance of amphibians, rockers for refuse, Mario Batali on organic food, and other short takes from our Winter 2012 issue. (0) Comments
This Guy's Toast
By Emily Gertz | Q&A
November 14, 2011: "Hello, BP? I need some oil." Designer Thomas Thwaites wanted to build his own toaster from scratch. How hard could it be? (1) Comments
Climate Change Health Costs Add Up to One Big Bill
By Sharon Begley | Web Exclusive
November 7, 2011: As heat waves, hurricanes, and air pollution increase in a warming world, so will injuries and illnesses. In the first analysis of its kind, two public health scientists attempt to figure out what the economic cost will be. Opening bid: $14 billion. (0) Comments
Nation's Smallest State Thinks Big When it Comes to Offshore Wind Farms
By Rebecca Kessler | OnEarth Network
October 24, 2011: Rhode Island's first-of-a-kind offshore wind management plan aims to streamline processes and avoid the pitfalls that have assailed offshore wind energy development elsewhere in the U.S. (0) Comments
Time to Mothball Indian Point Nuclear Plant?
By David Biello | Web Exclusive
October 17, 2011: A new analysis says an aging power plant near New York City can be replaced with other energy sources and increased efficiency. (4) Comments
This Is Your Brain on the Ocean
By Jeff Greenwald | Q&A
October 3, 2011: An ocean view may be a lot more valuable than anyone thought. Scientist and conservationist Wallace J. Nichols thinks that our powerful emotional connection to the sea may be the key to saving it. And he’s calling on neuroscientists to help prove it. (1) Comments