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Hope, damn it!

In dark times, back to the garden 1
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
While climate change rages ahead, the climate bill is flat on its back and the political system seems stuck in the mud of right-wing faux-populism. Tom Philpott finds hope in a different kind of dirt.
Oh, those pesky existential questions!

Puppies and bunnies and carnivorous eco-curmudgeons 7
Posted 3 months ago
Should the JP Green House raise and slaughter bunnies in their back yard? That's just one of the questions they're struggling with. Weigh in!
Ask Umbra’s video advice on growing food in small urban spaces 0
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Grist List: From Lob to Lorax

That smarts! Dutch pranksters go car-tipping, and more 3
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Forget cow-tipping. Dutch pranksters are all about car-tipping these days, dumping dozens of lightweight Smart cars into Amsterdam's canals. What tossers!
Urban Gardens 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Hillside Strangler

You and me and a billion tiny spores 6
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the toughest tasks at the JP Green House renovation is not inside the house at all -- it's in the yard, where a stubborn invasive species refuses to yield after a year of battle.
Sunday on Bourne Street

Getting to know the neighborhood — through its trash 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
What do the contents of curbside trash bins say about a place's past, its present, its future? Plenty -- you just have to know where (and how) to look.
NYC's Newest Farm

Three-acre organic farm appears in the middle of New York Harbor 2
Posted 5 months ago
The sustainable garden with the most exclusive real estate in Washington is no doubt the one at the White House. The sustainable farm with the most exclusive view in New York City is the one that opened on Governors Island last week.
Counter coalture

Taking coal back to the garden 2
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
In one of the more creative protests against dirty coal this year, a "Counter Coalture" movement has emerged in southeastern Ohio to take coal back to its place in the garden, and raise awareness about the social impacts of coal mining, washing, burning and disposing on the people who live near active mines and facilities.
Hello, Mr. Chips

Ask Umbra on chippers 3
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
When it comes to chipping yard waste, what are the alternatives? Umbra digs up a few ideas.
Buying the farm

Fighting for the right to grow food in L.A. 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Scott Hamilton Kennedy's Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Garden," tells the story of a 14-acre plot in Los Angeles that became a community garden in 1992. After the city tried to sell the land to a developer, the gardeners decided to fight back.
Also, Can We Come Over?

Have a happy (and green) Memorial Day weekend 2
Posted 6 months ago
Whether you're grilling, gardening, or sinking your teeth into a big, juicy watermelon, we've got some choice advice.
Crop protection racket

Agrichemical industry steps up pressure on White House organic garden 6
Posted 6 months ago
Does the agrichemical industry's campaign to get Michelle Obama to use "crop protection" products on her organic garden strike anyone else as a bit Mafia-esque?
We Are the Chompions

Ask Umbra on mowing with goats 8
Posted 6 months ago
With Google making the switch to goats, a reader wonders if animals really are the best lawn-mowing alternative.
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson on The Daily Show 5
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Two funny Daily Show videos.
An eco-chat with Matthew Modine 0
Posted 7 months ago
Insert Teabagging Joke Here

Green Tea Party 3
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
It's Tax Day, but since our eco-advice on that front is pretty straightforward (save paper and file online!), we thought we'd focus instead on the other event that's brewing: the "tea parties" planned across the nation.
Framing the Question

Umbra advises on gardens and kids 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Which material is best for framing a preschool garden? Woodn't you like to know.
Success in Brazil

The city that ended hunger did it by going local 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
What struck me in Frances Moore Lappé's piece at Yes! on Belo Horizonte, Brazil -- the city that ended hunger -- was how simple the solution was:
USDA’s People’s Garden may not be all it’s cracked up to be 3
Posted 9 months ago