Environment

By Flora TsapovskyWhat makes an adventure? Can a divorce be one? For Nicki Clark, the founder of Marin Outdoor Adventure, one turbulent escapade led...

By Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt Diva“I’d rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”—George WashingtonMy dad, a diehard New Yorker, enjoys...

By Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt DivaOut of the swamp and smack into a cesspool. It seems every day is alt-day with the new, wildcard...

By Stephanie HillerThis year, the third warmest in recorded history, spring has come a month early, with regions all across the United States experiencing...

By Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt Diva“When I first heard about the idea of patenting a seed, or any kind of plant, I was...

By Molly OlesonBill McKibben is worn out.“Physically, and a little bit emotionally,” admits the founder of grassroots climate campaign 350.org to an audience that...

By Tom GogolaIt’s a hot and dusty day in Skyline Wilderness Park in the southern stretches of the city of Napa. You can hear...

By Will ParrishAfter an era of relative quiet compared to the so-called timber wars of the 1980s and ’90s, conflict over logging in the...

By Stett HolbrookThis article was produced with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit investigative news organization.In the winter of 2015, a Hong...

By Annie Spiegelman, the Dirt DivaIn case you thought that flowers were just more pretty faces, they are, but they’re much more than that....