WireTap Magazine: Environment

Environment: Schools Go Sustainable: Greening College Food Services

Talia Berman, WireTap — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT

National trends for sustainable eating grow as students look to each other for aid and inspiration

Environment: Building A Better Pencil

Allie Schratz, Golden Gate [X]press — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:00:01 PST

A student-run business brings green supplies to campus bookstores.

Environment: No Breathing Room: The Asthma Epidemic

Adam Doster, WireTap — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:00:01 PST

Another cost of global climate change and air pollution: an asthma epidemic. Low-income youth are particularly vulnerable, hindering their educational and economic prospects. Now that the data is in, whatâ€™s being done?

Environment: Greening The Ghetto

Erica Williams, Campus Progress — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:00:01 PST

Environmental Justice Activist Majora Carter on the connections between poverty and the environment, and the benefits of being labeled a genius.

Environment: The Green Generation

Adrienne Maree Brown, WireTap — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:01 PST

The current generation is the first to have grown up entirely in a world confronting global climate change. What do today's youth have to say about their lives and future?

Environment: Tomorrow's Science Today

Scott Thill, WireTap — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Technological advances straight out of Star Wars just around the corner have the power to alleviate global warming and other crises, but will these inventions be used strictly for good?

Environment: Up In Flames

Scott Thill, WireTap — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:01 PDT

The pages of George Monbiot's Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning provide readers little shade from its bleak findings about climate change.

Environment: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Anand Gopal, WireTap — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Students in West Virginia stare down the toxic silo of Big Coal. How will youth cope with the destruction of Appalachia and future environmental legacies? WireTap treks to the Mountain State to find out.

Environment: Like Water for War

Scott Thill, WireTap — Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:01 PDT

No natural resource has more potential to affect the prospects of future generations than the substance that makes up 65 percent of the human body. Are we heading towards a water-insecure future?

Environment: Earth's Altered States

Scott Thill, WireTap — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:01 PDT

Run like hell! Floods, droughts and food collapses are only a few of the dire consequences of climate change outlined by a new report. Will life soon resemble a never-ending Hollywood blockbuster disaster movie?

Environment: Paper Resumes: So Last Year!

Lisa Caverly, WireTap — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:01 PDT

As the YouTube Generation enters workplace, video resumes become increasingly more popular.

Environment: Rising to the Climate Challenge

Kim Teplitzky, WireTap — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:00:01 PST

Nearly 600 coordinated campus actions -- from photo petitions to winter "beach parties" -- marked the largest week of climate action yet.

Environment: Buy-Nothing Year

Jennifer Liss, WireTap — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:00:01 PST

Members of the Compact, a group who pledged to spend less in 2006, talk about ways to kick the nastiest holiday habit.

Environment: The Greening of Campus Life

Joel Makower, Grist Magazine — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:01 PDT

At colleges and universities across the country, students and administrators alike have enthusiastically embraced the idea of sustainability.

Environment: We Be Grubbin'

ibrahim abdul-matin, WireTap — Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:01 PDT

A new book by food activists Bryant Terry and Anne Lappe dishes up the political impact of our food choices with a side serving of artwork, poetry and soundtracks for cooking.

Environment: Responsible Indulgences

Talia Berman, WireTap — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:00:01 PST

Sustainable Living: In this high season of shopping for commitment rings and dazzling gems, here's our guide to diamonds that are not supporting wars or child labor.

Environment: The Best of Affordable Eco-Vacations

Holly Beck, WireTap — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:00:01 PST

From organic vineyards in Italy to safaris in Botswana to wildlife habitats in Arizona -- here's your guide to planning a vacation without bankrupting your wallet or your ideals.

Environment: 31 Holiday Gift Ideas for the Socially Conscious

Holly Beck, WireTap — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:00:01 PST

Vegan watches, money clips from recycled computers, solar-powered lights, aphrodisiac cookbooks -- here's our guide to giving, letting others live, and having fun!

Environment: Is the Age of Green Economy Finally Here?

Hunter Jackson, WireTap — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:01 PST

Despite continued environmental degradation, there are plenty of hopeful signs showing that we might be coming to our environmental senses.

Environment: From Farm to Fork

Vrinda Manglik, Maria DaSilva, WireTap — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:01 PDT

Most produce travels over 1,600 miles before it reaches the table. New Reality Tours "From Farm to Fork" highlight less wasteful, more sustainable models of food production.