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Sustainable food and farming | Health care

7 Ways to Garden Like You Know What You’re Doing (Even If You’re Just Getting Started)

A few simple guidelines to follow when breaking out the trowel and gloves.

Terra Wellington | May 16, 2014

Stanford students celebrate on May 7 after the university announced its decision to divest from companies that engage in coal mining. Photo courtesy Fossil Free Stanford.

Stanford Has an $18 Billion Endowment. These Students Made Sure It Won’t Be Invested in Coal

The decision is the largest single win for the movement to push institutions to divest from fossil fuels. And student activists say they'll keep the pressure on Stanford to divest from oil and natural gas as well as from coal.

Liz Pleasant | May 14, 2014

Will My Daughter Grow Up to Be a Farmer Like Me?

I made the choice to give up a career in law and return to my family farm. Now, I wait to see if my daughter will do the same.

Shannon Hayes | May 13, 2014

The Los Angeles Clippers. Photo by Keith Allison.

Fans Move to Buy LA Clippers After Owner Is Banned From NBA

The fans hope to buy the team and make it into a nonprofit organization like the Green Bay Packers.

Leigh Finke | May 7, 2014

Dear Paul Krugman: Is GDP Growth Making Us Richer or Poorer? (Please Clarify.)

Is Paul Krugman just advocating temporary growth up to some level of optimality, or a truly ever-growing economy?

Herman Daly | May 7, 2014

Shiny teacher's apple. Photo by Shutterstock.

Tennessee Teachers Score in Fight for Fair Evaluations

A new law will end the practice of evaluating teachers based on their students' standardized test scores.

Molly Rusk | May 2, 2014

Why Are We More Optimistic About Ourselves Than About Our Society?

It's easier to be hopeful about our individual futures than our collective ones because we have more control over them. But the two are inextricably linked.

Lisa Bennett | May 1, 2014

Citizens United

To My Friend the Climate Defeatist: Here’s Why I’m Still In the Fight

It is good to mourn for what's being lost. But giving up just gives the fossil fuel industry what it wants.

Jim Shultz | Apr 30, 2014

Sustainable food and farming

In Cleveland, Hoop Houses Turn Empty Lots into Year Round Farms

Meet the urban cousin of a traditional barn raising: community members working together to build DIY greenhouses.

Apr 26, 2014

“Noah” Director on What Faith Has to Do with Fighting Climate Change

Darren Aronofsky talks to the Sierra Club and others about the intersection of religion and environmentalism.

Apr 24, 2014

Wealth and inequality

In Rural Kansas, an Experiment Makes Hitchhiking Safe Again

The people behind the project borrowed some tricks from ride-sharing apps like Lyft, but tweaked the details so the rides are free.

Jennifer O'Brien | Apr 23, 2014

Local economies | Sustainable food and farming

Think You Know What a Farmer Looks Like? Think Again

Preliminary results from the 2012 Census of Agriculture show the increasing role of women in U.S. agriculture—especially on organic and small-scale farms.

Sena Christian | Apr 18, 2014

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