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From Soap to Cities, Designing From Nature Could Solve Our Biggest Challenges

Can a boat be designed to clean the water? How does a spider manufacture resilient fiber? We need products that don’t harm us or the environment, and nature’s already done the research.

Sven Eberlein | Nov 20, 2012

Renewable energy

To Save Our Ecosystems, Stop Overloading Them

Left alone, natural systems keep nitrogen, carbon, and other key ingredients of life balanced.

Doug Pibel, Madeline Ostrander | Nov 20, 2012

Activism | Water | Health care

Your Body is a Body of Water

A storyteller asks what you'd do if you knew your body was part of the water web.

Jourdan Keith | Nov 14, 2012

Native rights | Sustainable food and farming | Health care

Traditional Foods Help Remind Us Who We Are

Tribes are pursuing a hands-on approach to finding and preparing Native foods that give spiritual sustenance, too.

Kim Eckart | Oct 30, 2012

Sustainable food and farming

Nourish is an education initiative that celebrates food and community. Its food curriculum and lesson plans, short films and discussion guides, and powerful action ideas will help young people and their families, schools, and communities think about the food they eat and what they can do to make healthy choices for themselves and planet Earth.

| Oct 16, 2012

Health care | Sustainable food and farming

Detroit’s Good Food Cure

What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food?

Larry Gabriel | Sep 6, 2012

5 Tools (and 1 Animal) for Quieter, Healthier Yard Work

Tending your yard doesn’t have to be noisy, irritating, or fuel-intensive. Here’s how you can unplug.

Lauren Hardy, Samantha Herndon | Sep 6, 2012

How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard

Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They’re also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.

Heidi Bruce, Shannan Lenke Stoll | Jul 17, 2012