8 Shares Trainsforming America: Documentary Advocates for More Robust Rail in the US New documentary Trainsforming America makes a sensible, impassioned argument for improving our options for rail travel in the United States. More
15 Shares Harvesting Justice #6: The Consumer’s Got to Change the System – Farmer Ben Burkett on Racisim & Corporate Control of Agriculture Other Worlds’ Tory Field and Beverly Bell discuss issues of sustainability and agriculture with Mississippi farmer and member of Via Campesina’s food sovereignty commission Ben Burkett. More
6 Shares City 2.0: Making Urban Centers Viable, Sustainable, Livable Think of cities as cesspools of crime and pollution? Or vibrant hubs of economic, cultural, and social innovation? New TED book City 2.0 shares the ideas of twelve thinkers on how we make the world’s cities – now home to over half of us – viable and sustainable. More
9 Shares Harvesting Justice #5: Uprooting Racism in the Food System – African Americans Organize A shovel overturned can flip so much more than soil, worms, and weeds. Structural racism – the ways in which social systems and institutions promote and perpetuate the oppression of people of color – manifests at all points in the food system. It emerges as barriers to land ownership and credit access for farmers of color, as wage discrimination and poor working conditions for food and farmworkers of color, and as lack of healthy food in neighborhoods of color. It shows up as discrimination in housing, employment, redlining, and other elements which impact food access and food justice. More
7 Shares Women’s History Month: Five Ways Women Are Changing the World Although this month is already underway, it’s not too late to join women all over the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in observing Women’s History Month. The 31-day celebration has been set aside to acknowledge and pay tribute to all women for their contributions throughout history and in society at large. We specifically celebrate those women working to make the world more sustainable. More
8 Shares Harvesting Justice #4: Women’s Work – Gender and the Global Food System Women produce 60 to 80 percent of all food, both as subsistence farmers and as agricultural wage laborers. They are the primary providers for the majority of the world’s 925 million hungry people, obtaining food, collecting firewood and water, and cooking. And yet they have less access to land and the resources necessary to grow on it than their male counterparts. Inequitable distribution of land, labor, and resources leaves farming women triply burdened by work: in the fields, in the home, and in society. More
12 Shares Harvesting Justice #3: Food and Land at the Service of People – An Interview with Peter Rosset Authors Tory Field and Beverly Bell discuss control of food and agricultural systems with agricultural economist Peter Rosset. More
13 Shares St. Louis' Green with Indie Craft Show to Showcase Homemade and Vintage Treasures, Food Trucks and many other “Extras” Now in its third year, St. Louis’ Green with Indie craft show will showcase an impressive array of vendors offering one-of-a-kind treasures for everyone, including upcycled vintage and modern jewelry, crushed recycled glass sun catchers, bird feeders made from teacups and saucers and so much more. More
5 Shares Harvesting Justice #2: Think Globally, Eat Locally Food sovereignty is rooted in the daily work of every small farmer, rancher, fisherperson, landless farm worker, and everyone else involved in local food production. Yet no matter what they produce, their ability to survive is affected by international market forces. The movement, therefore, also includes community, national, and international activists working for just trade and economic systems. More
8 Shares Harvesting Justice: Transforming the Global Food Supply Chain – Food Sovereignty From community gardens to just global policy, a national and global movement is growing to reclaim food, land, and agricultural systems from agribusiness and put them back in the hands of citizens. More
8 Shares SOURCE Brand Preview: Cutting-Edge, Sustainable Designers Showcase New Trends in Fashion Want to know what’s on the horizon for sustainable fashion this year? The SOURCE Brand Preview provides insight into trends you’ll see in Spring and Summer collections. More
5 Shares Reduce Work Hours to Address Global Warming? Are our work schedules driving global warming? An economist finds that reducing work hours in the developing world could also lower greenhouse gas emissions… and maybe even improve American quality of life. More
10 Shares Hot in the City: Can We Share Our Way to Less Urban Waste Heat? A lot of hot air coming out of our cities? No surprise there, but a new study shows that wasted heat has an impact on weather systems. Can we share our way to cooler urban centers? More
6 Shares Safe Bicycling in the City: the Green Lane Project Still a little nervous about bicycle commuting? You’re not alone. The Green Lane Project is a response to that fear: a campaign dedicated to creating safe, inviting spaces for bicycling and walking in urban environments. More
10 Shares Super Bowl Fans ‘Geaux’ Green While Giving Back to New Orleans and the Environment Football fans across the country are teaming up with the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee in the “Geaux Green” challenge to make Super Bowl XLVII and its festivities as sustainable as possible. More
5 Shares Come Hang with sustainablog to Discuss Permaculture Got a handle on the concept of permaculture? If you don’t, or even if you think you do, join us to get a clearer sense of this philosophy at our next Hangin’ with sustainablog Hangout on Air. More
8 Shares New Approaches to Finance Sustainability: Local Currencies and the Token Exchange System Local currencies are on the rise with the global economic downturn. Author John Boik shares his concept of a sustainable local currency, the Token Exchange System. More
6 Shares Beautiful Music from Instruments Made Out of Recycled Materials Think a musical instrument made from junked material will sound like, well, junk? Think again: the Recycled Orchestra from Paraguay makes gorgeous music on orchestra instruments made of landfill finds. More
5 Shares Europe’s Best Recycling and Waste Prevention Program Flanders, a region of Belgium, boasts the highest waste diversion rate in Europe. Decades of planning and policy making have made a huge difference in the region’s ability to approach zero waste. More
5 Shares Cultivating a Better Food System in 2013 Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, founders of new organization The Food Tank, share their ideas for improving the global food system in 2013 and beyond. More
8 Shares Toward Zero Waste: Waste Pickers Running Biogas Plants in Mumbai, India In Mumbai, India, a zero waste plan also supports the economic empowerment of impoverished women “waste pickers.” This program also makes innovative use of biogas production facilities in dealing with organic wastes. More
8 Shares Gorgeous & Green Fashion Show Hits the Runway in San Francisco The 8th Annual Gorgeous & Green Fashion Show brought lots of pretty people together in San Francisco to raise funds for urban sustainability efforts. More
8 Shares Come Hang with sustainablog to Discuss the Climate Summit You Probably Missed Yep, an international climate conference just ended… but, like most of us, you probably paid no attention at all. Join us on Hangin’ with sustainablog to get caught up, and discuss why we’re not following these annual events like we used to. More
10 Shares Climate Change: It’s Not Just an Environmental Issue; It’s a Human Rights Issue, too As an international community, our collective failures on climate change are having critical consequences. Today climate change has become one of the major challenges to the basic human rights to life, food, health, water, housing and self-determination. More
7 Shares The Carbon Footprint of Santa's Trip Around the World [Infographic] Flying reindeer and a sleigh would seem like a pretty eco-friendly form of travel… but even Santa has a carbon footprint. Toys take energy to make, lumps of coal are carbon-intensive, and reindeer produce methane just like cattle. Here are some suggestions for St. Nick and team for cutting the environmental impact of their annual trip around the world. More
