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Food Sovereignty Movement Goes Global

Positive News
March 5th, 2012

Uniting behind the banner of ‘food sovereignty’, people are working not just for access to food – as described by the concept of food security – but for communities to have the right to democratically define their own food and agricultural systems without harming other people or the environment.

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Does the U.S. Have a Legal Responsibility to Stop Climate Change?

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
February 29th, 2012

Seven teenagers set a new precedent for environmental action in May 2011 by suing the federal government for not taking measures against climate change. They claim that the government’s policies regarding climate change are squandering natural resources.

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Economics for a Blue Planet

Ode Magazine Yobo Member
February 16th, 2012

Gunter Pauli, author of The Blue Economy, on why blue is the new green.

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Farmers Go Wild

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
February 13th, 2012

Going beyond organic, a new generation of farmers is nurturing nature as well as crops.

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Mind in the Forest – An Intimate Encounter With Really Old Trees

Orion Magazine
February 8th, 2012

In 2003 the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University, in collaboration with the Andrews Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Group, began inviting writers to spend weeklong residencies at the Andrews Forest, in order to provide ways of observing the land that complement the ways of science.

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Preserving the World’s Last Ocean

Yobo Yobo Staff
March 1st, 2012

John Weller wants you to care about the ocean-one in particular that you may have never heard of. Located in the unforgiving, frigid bay of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, the Ross Sea is considered the last healthy marine ecosystem on the planet.

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100-Mile Houses Expand the Locavore Movement From Food to Architecture

Good
February 28th, 2012

The rise of the locavore movement introduced millions of people to the 100-mile diet, which involves eating only food produced within one’s own region. Now, a new focus on sustainable architecture is applying the same concept to homes.

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Big News: Obama rejects Keystone XL – but we can’t stop here

350.org
February 14th, 2012

We wanted to share with you the news: this afternoon the Obama Administration announced that they are denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. You did good work, against some of the longest possible odds.

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Grand Canyon To Ban Bottled Water Sales

Reuters
February 9th, 2012

The Grand Canyon will soon ban the sale of bottled water, responding to concerns that empty plastic bottles scattered around the park are spoiling views of the natural wonder.

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Composting system benefits schools

Positive News
February 7th, 2012

Composting system designed to be suitable for all food waste, requires no electricity and is carbon negative, has diverted 1,000 tons of food from landfill

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