Sustainability

Rotating Sails Help Revive Wind-Powered Shipping

Scientific American

A century-old concept, Flettner rotors, gets a fresh shot as shippers cut back fuel

Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Rustic American farm buildings, scouted out by Heritage Restorations, are rebuilt far away as showplace homes and event spaces.

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Cover Story: How to Have a Good Death

YES Magazine
Green burials go beyond not polluting or wasting, returning our bodies to the earth in life-affirming ways.

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The Way Climate Change Unites Farmers

YES Magazine
The Practical Farmers of Iowa waste no time on partisan politics as they face the challenges of extreme weather and depleted soils together.

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This Farmer Wants to Return Our Bodies to the Land

Modern Farmer
Suzanne Kelly’s day job as a farmer informs her side gig: advocating for the grassroots green-burial movement.

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In Age of Climate Change, Insurance Alternative Rises

CFO Magazine
Unlike traditional insurance, parametric insurance pays out after a triggering event, regardless of actual losses.

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How Buffalo Resurrected Its River

The Christian Science Monitor
Activists never gave up on their polluted river—and now the cleaned-up water is one of Buffalo’s biggest attractions.

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America Rediscovers Its Love of the Front Porch

CityLab In the 20th century, porches couldn’t compete with TV and AC. Now this American classic is coming back as more stylish, sustainable, and image-conscious than ever. Read it here .

Finding the Untapped Potential of Alleys

CityLab How much can an alley add to U.S. cities? Showplace projects like in Miami’s Design District and the Washington, D.C., waterfront are working to prove their potential.. Read it here .

On Superior Farmlands, Limited Appetite for Local Food

Civil Eats In hyper-fertile Central Illinois, sustainable farmers seek local support but end up trekking their food to Chicago. Read it here.

How Green Is Your Alley?

Sierra Magazine Citizen-driven urbanism projects turn gray zones into community space. Read it here.

A Solar Bet to Recharge Buffalo

CityLab Elon Musk and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are the faces of a $750 million plan to revitalize Buffalo’s economy with a SolarCity factory. Read it here.

Cleveland’s Surprising Climate Buffers

The Atlantic’s CityLab In the Rust Belt, vacant urban land could help shield residents from global warming’s worst effects. Read it here.

Montreal’s Alleyways Take Visitors Backstage

The New York Times [October 2016] The back alleys of most cities are ugly, but in Montreal they’ve been growing into surprisingly lovely neighborhood hubs. Read it here.

Four Great Back-40 Getaways

Modern Farmer In the last six years, the number of U.S. farms and ranches offering overnight adventures jumped from 300 to more than 800. Download PDF.

Secret Alleys Around the World

Travel + Leisure Find pop-up restaurants, public art, and some of the tiniest bars anywhere. Read it here.

When Art Imitates Livestock

Modern Farmer A farmer in tiny Forrest, Illinois, sculpts wool into amazing animals for New York art galleries and even Japanese royals. Download PDF.

Meet Your New Favorite Exotic Meat: Yak

Modern Farmer American yak farmers are supplying more and more restaurants, co-ops, and butcher shops with a grass-fed bovine meat as lean as bison. Read it here.

Islands From the Caribbean to the Great Lakes to the Indian Ocean, here are the islands where cars are almost nonexistent. You can walk, but to really fit in you pedal from place to place. Download PDF.

Sustainability

Rotating Sails Help Revive Wind-Powered Shipping

Historic N.Y. Barns Are Ending Up in Japan & New Zealand

Cover Story: How to Have a Good Death

The Way Climate Change Unites Farmers

This Farmer Wants to Return Our Bodies to the Land

In Age of Climate Change, Insurance Alternative Rises

How Buffalo Resurrected Its River

America Rediscovers Its Love of the Front Porch

Finding the Untapped Potential of Alleys

On Superior Farmlands, Limited Appetite for Local Food

How Green Is Your Alley?

A Solar Bet to Recharge Buffalo

Cleveland’s Surprising Climate Buffers

Montreal’s Alleyways Take Visitors Backstage

Four Great Back-40 Getaways

Secret Alleys Around the World

When Art Imitates Livestock

Meet Your New Favorite Exotic Meat: Yak

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