Low Tech News
We’re So Addicted to Our Gadgets That ‘Unplugged’ Tourism Is Booming – Vice: Motherboard
Growing a Jungle in a New York Apartment – Natural Building Blog
Earthbag Method is Ideal for Constructing Community Toilets in India – Natural Building Blog
Kites Could Soon Power an Entire Region of Scotland – Vice: Motherboard
Trace The Remarkable History Of The Humble Pencil – NPR
Emergency Straw Bale Shelters – Natural Building Blog
What’s the best way to deal with restaurant leftovers? – Grist
Environmental News
These Oil and Coal Companies Have the Worst Climate Change Records – Vice: Motherboard
Perdue Goes (Almost) Antibiotic-Free – NPR
U.S. Storage Filling Up with Unaccounted-For Oil – Resilience
Activists Shut Down All Tar Sands Pipelines Crossing US–Canada Border – Earth First!
Wildfires Aren’t Just for the West Anymore – Grist
Protests Disrupt Pipelines Across The West – NPR
Energy-related carbon emissions were way down in the first half of 2016 — but there’s a catch – Grist
Clinton would veto any attempt to overturn Clean Power Plan, according to her campaign chair – Grist
We Pay Billions For Greener Farms, So What Does That Buy Us? – NPR
Coffee And Climate Change: In Brazil, A Disaster Is Brewing – NPR
Research News
Backyard Chickens Linked to Record High in Salmonella Infections, CDC Says – NPR
Forest fires are getting bigger, and yep, it’s definitely our fault – Grist
Hurricane Sandy-sized floods up to 17 times more likely by 2100 – CarbonBrief
West Coast oysters are getting drilled by warmer oceans – Grist
Medieval cities not so different from modern European cities – Science Daily
As ice melts and seas rise, can endangered languages survive? – Grist
Climate Change Will Leave Snow Leopards With Just One-Third of Their Habitat – Vice: Motherboard
Killing Reindeer To Stop Anthrax Could Snuff Out A Nomadic Culture – NPR
Op-Ed
Local Food, Process, and Social Change – Savage Minds
Indigenous Groups Are Way Ahead Of Everyone Else At Protecting Forests – Mother Jones
Our newest American hero is the only person who’s asked about energy policy in the debates – Grist
The Renewable Energy and Waste Industries: 21st Century Confederates in Changing the Global Economy – Resilience
Apple’s Recycling Robt Wants Your Old iPhone. Don’t Give It to Him. – Grist
Here’s Why You Should Care About Energy Poverty – Grist
Seeing Earth from Space Is the Key to Saving Our Species from Itself – Vice: Motherboard
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 Recall Is an Environmental Travesty – Vice: Motherboard
Saving the Planet, American Style — A Critical Review, and Some Thoughts and Ideas – Resilience