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Homage to Andalusia
September 29, 2016Slow down on a guided bicycle tour through the south of Spain
The Art of the Dry Garden
September 28, 201615 ways to conserve outdoor water use—without sacrificing the beauty of your home garden
How Bats Survive in An Increasingly Noisy World
September 27, 2016New research shows some bats can switch to echolocation in noisy environments
Obama Administration, Big Coal Face Off over Clean Power Plan
September 27, 2016 Many of the two dozen states suing to block a plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are already on their way toward meeting its goals
From Seed to Skillet
September 26, 2016Five new books to get you gardening, cooking, and thinking sustainably
Seize the Grid Seizes the Moment in Puerto Rico
September 23, 2016Student activists like Natalia Martínez-Torres see clean energy as a homegrown solution to Puerto Rico’s ever-worsening debt crisis
5 Innovations for Tackling 5 Years of California Drought
September 23, 2016Cities across the state find creative solutions to prolong the water supply
The Paradox of “Last Chance Tourism”
September 22, 2016A new study shows travelers are flocking to those destinations most ravaged by climate change
Learning to Fly
September 22, 2016J. Drew Lanham's "Home Place" is a deeply personal story about the complex geographies of home and displacement
Farm to Food Bank
September 21, 2016A St. Louis high school student is changing the way her city thinks about food and sustainability
How to Calculate the Value of Wild Nature? Count the Selfies.
September 21, 2016It’s A Wash
September 18, 2016Three ways to make your laundry routine easier on your clothes, your pocketbook, and the planet
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lifestyle
Student Environmental Video Contest Inspires Solutions
September 17, 2016Kids and teens create shorts that tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental problems
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education
Desolate In Name Only
September 16, 2016Photos from a rafting trip through Desolation and Gray Canyons in eastern Utah show us a place worth preserving
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saving wild places
Obama Creates the Atlantic Ocean’s First Marine National Monument
September 15, 2016The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument will be a haven for cold-water corals, sea turtles, and endangered whales