Ben Morelli visits a Material Recovery Facility in Austin, Texas, as part of a summer spent in pursuit of zero waste.
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Climate, Community, Biodiversity in Indonesia
Celine Lim travels to Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan, where the rapid expansion of palm oil is impacting the local environment and economy.
Searching for the ghost cat in Tajikistan: Part One
Tara Meyer braves Tajikistan’s Hissar Mountains to conserve the elusive snow leopard.
Meanwhile, in New Haven…
In her summer research, Sarah Barbo searches for links between nature and public health. These connections help make a new kind of business case for the environment: dramatic savings in health care costs.
Dispatches from Inner Mongolia: Part One
Colin Brown takes to the Inner Mongolian steppe, with an eye to the effects of climate change.
Tourism and Change in the Bolivian Andes
In the Cordillera Apolobamba of western Bolivia, Kate Heller visits indigenous communities in the early stages of developing a tourist economy.
Everything I Learned in Kindergarten
Mercury, a tenaciously persistent element, doesn’t just go away. In towns along the Madre de Dios River in Peru, David Gonzalez is studying how gold mining puts public health at risk.
Discovering the Ghosts In Our Machine
Uta Jürgens reflects on the links between environmental and animal welfare in her response to The Ghosts in Our Machine, which screened at Yale’s 2014 Environmental Film Festival.
Who is Watching the Land?
Wendell Berry and the Resettling of America
The agrarian prophet discusses food, farming, and why he has hope.
Tourist Trap
Gringo Trails, which screened at this month’s Environmental Film Festival at Yale, explores how tourist destinations can be both a blessing and a curse.
Environmental Performance, According to Google
Angel Hsu uses Google autocomplete results to explore how popular perceptions of the environment square with reality.
Wind, Bile and Phlegm
Amchi Nyima Samphel, a ninth-generation Tibetan healer, discusses traditional medicine and the challenges his practice faces in the 21st century.