This paper examines the social implications of sustainable consumption through an empirical study of a local organic food initiative.
Wild Earth 7, no. 4 features provocative essays on population extinction and the biodiversity crisis, how immigration threatens America’s natural environment, the costs of affluence and consumption, and a technological imperative.
Wild Earth 12, no. 4, features an interview with Sylvia Earle on “Our Oceans, Ourselves,” essays on worldwide fishing and consumer conscience, on launching a sea ethic, and the food web complexity in kelp forest ecosystems.
Thank You Third World is a campaign that highlights short movies which draw attention to the exploitation of workforce in the Global South.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy uncovers how planned obsolescence shapes economy and the production of consumer goods.
In The Next Industrial Revolution, architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.
This article examines in detail the trends in turf production and consumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting its striking resilience.
This essay contests the traditional narrative of the gas revolution in the Netherlands. To illustrate the domestic roots of revolutionary change, the essay focuses on gas use in households.
Hagood looks at Rachel Carson’s earlier popular publications on the natural history of the oceans and their impact on Silent Spring (1962).
In five sharply drawn chapters, Flight Maps charts the ways in which Americans have historically made connections—and missed connections—with nature.
