If you’d asked me four years ago what an environmentalist’s job is, I would have been quick to tell you that their main responsibility is preserving nature. Environmentalists are charged with the noble task of keeping the Sierra Nevada, the Amazon rainforest, and countless other natural landforms in the world, [...]

Most current stories about changing seasonal patterns have to do with the effects of climate change.  But not this one. We’d like to announce an extension for our three summer blogging contests sponsored by the Woods Institute for the Environment .  Submissions will be accepted until Sunday, September 30th and [...]

This post is a continuation of a series on Dwell on Design.  To view the preceding entry, click here. My last post focused on products on the showroom floor of the Dwell event.  But in addition to the booths on display, the exhibition included a program of panel speakers who [...]

At the end of June I had the chance to attend an event called Dwell on Design, an exhibition featuring a slew of modern design ideas and a range of products that included furniture, lighting, textiles, and more.  The expo, hosted by Dwell Magazine – a monthly modernist shelter magazine [...]

The second-largest killer of children under five is easily preventable and treatable (read more), yet it kills 4,000 children each day. This killer, diarrheal disease, causes death by severe dehydration, and especially affects young children due to their weakened immunity and high surface area to body mass ratio.  During the [...]