The award-winning writer, scientist, and activist talks to Sage Magazine about fracking, water pollution, surviving cancer, and why human rights and the environment are inextricably linked.
Month: October 2012
Oil, Oil, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink
In Texas, just because you own the ground beneath your feet doesn’t mean you own the oil beneath the ground.
Left to the Whim of Nature: The Strange Saga of Pleasure Beach
The decline and renewal of Connecticut’s most famous seaside resort may hold a few lessons for America’s blighted cities.
Thinking Like a Mountain Climber
How has Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard forged one of the world’s most environmentally responsible companies? Easy: by drawing inspiration from the rock.
Delta Blues: Documenting Nigeria’s Oil Conflict
What does our thirst for cheap coil cost the people of the Niger Delta? Filmmaker Andrew Berends spent eight months amongst guerilla warriors fighting for their fair share of the spoils.
Tragedy of the Commons in Reverse: Talking Land Grabs with Fred Pearce
Land grabbing is emerging as one of the great international social and environmental problems of our time. Journalist Fred Pearce and anthropologist Jennifer Baka let us know what it’s all about.
Debating the Issues, Glasses in Hand
Was that a Solyndra reference?! Glasses up, people. Live on the scene at the Presidential Debate Drinking Game.
Wild Things, They Make His Heart Sing
Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society, talks to Sage about preserving large landscapes, working with stakeholders, and staying persistent in the face of conservation challenges.
A Boulder Vision for Kroon Hall
A professor’s plan to turn the outside of FES into a haven for plant-lovers and climbers alike.
Presence in Absence: The Lengths We Go to Leave No Trace
While restoring an old ranch site in Idaho’s Selway-Bitteroot to wild land, forester Shane Hetzler ponders what we are talking about when we are talking about wilderness.