Joshua Berg Aquaculture – Is it Really the Answer? According to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association), aquaculture is the rearing, breeding and harvesting of plants and animals from marine environments of allContinue reading
Author: Andrew Alexandrovich JR.
Trading Crops for a Fish?
While much of the country has spent the last six months dealing with unusually harsh weather and rarely seen precipitation, California has been mired in its worst drought in modern history. The state is currentlyContinue reading
Ag Alternatives: Embracing the Weeds and Urban Agriculture
Tess Harper The often-misquoted Henry David Thoreau once said, “in wildness is the preservation of the world”. However, in today’s ever growing, urbanized, technology-oriented world, how are people still able to hold onto this fleetingContinue reading
Major Farms Cause Major Harm, But Sustainability Is On The Rise
The current models of agribusiness and meat production are detrimental to the environment. There is very little profit margin in selling food, so to maximize profit big businesses aim to maximize production. Technological advances andContinue reading
Stickier than Honey: The Revolving Pesticide Revolution
Its been over 50 years since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring captured the public’s concern on the effects pesticides have on plants and animals, especially humans. But it seems that our knowledge of the dangers of pesticidesContinue reading
Sochi 2014: Why The Sustainability Record Matters
Like millions of other Americans, I’ve been overall enthralled by the athletes’ abilities and the venues’ beauty at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Regretfully, the splendor has made me forget about the tollContinue reading
Volunteer Tourism in Wake of Disaster
3.11.11-Breaking news hits the media: a 9.0 earthquake strikes the eastern shores of Tōhoku, Japan. A subsequent tsunami and nuclear meltdown devastate the prefecture, halts the nation, and grabs the attention of billions around theContinue reading
Battle Against Coal Ash Starts Now or Never
Earlier this February in Eden, North Carolina, a major coal ash spill has raised the nation’s attention. The coal ash was found leaking into a storm water discharge pipe buried under the pond and thenContinue reading
Renewable Energy: A Clean Solution?
Somewhere in the world, a green energy revolution is occurring. New renewable energy projects hold the capacity to sustainably generate around half of a country’s electricity, vastly improving its citizens’ quality of life. Wind, thermal,Continue reading
State of the Union Address on climate
February 3, 2014 Julie Rohde On the night that millions of Americans in the Southeast were hit with the snowstorm of the decade, President Obama addressed the nation: “Climate change is a fact.” Winter StormContinue reading