In a Pandemic, a Broken Food Chain Delivers More Hunger
Reading Time: 3 minutes There were fissures in our food system long before the coronavirus. Now those fissures are turning into fault lines.
Could COVID-19 Lead to a Cleaner World?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Drastic steps taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic have led to a significant reduction in pollution. Are some of the changes here to stay and can they help slow climate change?
Will Big Oil Pollute Woods Hole Research on Climate Change?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, an important voice in climate change research, is about to take oil company funding. Is it going to be another case of industry buying academic influence? WhoWhatWhy takes a closer look.
The Plague of Tokenism
Reading Time: 6 minutes From time to time, WhoWhatWhy will bring you unusual perspectives you probably won’t find elsewhere. You may agree or disagree, but you can be sure it’ll be thought-provoking. This piece from Victor Wallis, who teaches history and politics at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, argues that putting forth a token person or effort to mark progress in issues of gender, race or environment may hamper advancement.
Can a Small Community Throw a Monkey Wrench into the Global Fracking Machine?
Reading Time: 9 minutes What do you do when you don’t trust the state or federal government to protect your community from a powerful industry that you believe threatens your health, your quality of life, and your financial future? One option: Make what the industry does a crime. Here, we look at one small community that is taking a stand—and hoping a symbolic step becomes a catalyst for bigger things.
WHO Favorites: Creative Environmental Ideas
Reading Time: 4 minutes From living bridges, to the world’s cheapest light bulb – bright ideas to rethink our environment.
Green Consumerism….Hmm….
Reading Time: < 1 minute How great is green consumerism? Video from our new associate Lori Harfenist.
Energy Solution Leaves Us Glowing
Reading Time: 2 minutes How we can learn from leaves: Artificial photosynthesis could be the key to unlocking the sun’s full energy potential.
Which Is More Likely? (A conspiracy of millions, or oil companies doing what they do?)
Reading Time: < 1 minute More and more people angrily declare Climate Change a fraudulent concept. Apparently, all environmental groups and scientists are in cahoots….
Burn This: Biofuel Farmed From Seaweed
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Ground-breaking’ scientific research could unleash the huge potential of aquatic biomass in creating a sustainable energy supply.