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Rising Sea Levels: The View from a Canoe
by Sena Christianposted May 03, 2012 - Decades ago, the legendary journey of the open-ocean canoe Hokule‘a revealed secrets of Hawai‘i’s past and sparked pride in native culture. Now, a voyage around the world offers a new generation lessons about Earth’s uncertain future.
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Feedback from the Melting Arctic
by Valerie Schloredtposted May 01, 2012 - NASA completed a cross-institutional study on rising methane levels in the Arctic. The results, we're afraid, do not look good.
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A Last (Chemical) Gasp for Bees?
by Shannan Stollposted May 01, 2012 - Colony collapse disorder impacts $15 billion worth of U.S. crops each year. The culprit? Monsanto, in part, say scientists.
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How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard
by Heidi Bruce, Shannan Stollposted May 01, 2012 - 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.
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Free Your (Eco)Mind
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Apr 20, 2012 - This Earth Day, think like an ecosystem—and you just might save the world.
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What’s the Most Astounding Fact About the Universe?
posted Mar 21, 2012 - Ask an astrophysicist.
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Farmers Go Wild
by Abby Quillenposted Feb 06, 2012 - Going beyond organic, a new generation of farmers is nurturing nature as well as crops.
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Vandana Shiva: Teachers for a Living World
by Madhu Suri Prakashposted Jan 27, 2012 - While Ivy League schools marvel at India’s economic growth, Vandana Shiva’s University of the Seed looks to the earth—and Gandhi—for guidance.
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Hope for Salmon as Dams Come Down
by Jennifer Kayeposted Dec 26, 2011 - The destruction of two Washington State dams will restore depleted fisheries, create jobs, and maybe even change how we manage our rivers.
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Girl Scouts Take Aim at their Own Cookie Ingredients
by Jen Hortonposted Dec 20, 2011 - Two seventh-graders set out to save orangutans—and ended up changing the recipe for Girl Scout cookies.
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Wes Jackson: A Perennial Revolution in Agriculture
by Ken Meterposted Nov 30, 2011 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: Revolutionizing agriculture with crops that grow like a prairie.
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Can We Restore the Prairie—And Still Support Ourselves?
by Wes Jacksonposted Nov 22, 2011 - Since ripping open the prairie for modern monocultures, we're losing soil and fertility. Agricultural pioneer Wes Jackson says there's another way.
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Farming With the Wild
by Dan Imhoffposted Nov 05, 2011 - Photo Essay: How agriculture and wildlands can both flourish—together.
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Removing the Elwha Dam
posted Nov 01, 2011 - Plans to restore the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state begin with the removal of a dam that's stood for almost a century.
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Visual Learning: Boom!
posted Oct 25, 2011 - With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not). In this case, it's all about oil spill cleanup.
