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The Crunch illustration by Jennifer Luxton.

How a Prison’s Debate Team Beat Harvard’s (and Other News to Chew On)

Bernie Sanders calls climate change our biggest security threat, a video illustrates how few women are in positions of power, and Black Lives Matter organizers take on more than just race.

Oct 16, 2015

Water

Do Ads Keep the Internet Democratic? (And Other News to Chew on)

Drone footage shows nature taking back what’s hers; Washington high-school students build tiny houses for the homeless; and the epic tech battle over adblockers.

Sep 30, 2015

Renewable energy

How Obama’s New EPA Regs Can Bring More Local Control Over Energy—Even in Red States

The Clean Power Plan is counting on states to cut carbon emissions. Will they be the new frontiers for change?

Gar Alperovitz | Sep 15, 2015

Renewable energy

10,000 Icelanders Invite Syrian Refugees Into Their Homes (And Other News to Chew On)

Scotland takes a new approach to sex work legislation, the VW bus is coming back greener than ever, and Iceland's citizens urge their government to do more for refugees.

Sep 10, 2015

Jennifer_Luxton_Illustration_green_burial_death_dying.jpg

Cooperatives | Citizens United

What’s a Death Midwife? Inside the Alternative Death Care Movement

From funeral cooperatives to green burials, there's a kinder, gentler, less expensive way to die.

Jennifer Luxton | Sep 3, 2015

Renewable energy | Sustainable food and farming

Why Breast Milk Is the Ultimate Food Story (And Other News)

New Orleans sees a wave of grassroots activism after Katrina, D.C. stops a major utility merger, and a food writer lays out the superpowers of breast milk.

Sep 2, 2015

Renewable energy

This Trailer Changes Everything: Epic New Naomi Klein Doc Will Have You Running for Your Kayak

The film inspired by Klein's book features the stories of everyday people standing up to climate change.

Araz Hachadourian | Sep 1, 2015

Citizens United | Renewable energy | Native rights | Activism | Wealth and inequality

“You Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life”: A Montana Professor on the Issue of Our Time

University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race, and how he’s standing up to tar sands extraction.

Sarah van Gelder | Aug 28, 2015

Bayern Brewing’s bottle-washing machine. Photo courtesy of Bayern Brewing.

How Craft Beer Brewers Brought Bottle Recycling to Montana

Glass is a pain in Montana’s, uh, recycling program. But the craft brew industry is on the case.

A.C. Shilton | Aug 28, 2015

Renewable energy

On Rooftops of Paris, Expect Green Roofs and Solar Panels

The new French law, which requires renewable energy or plants on all new commercial buildings, is the first of its kind at the national level.

Tom Lawson | Aug 20, 2015

The Crunch: The Michigan Town That’s Sending All Its Kids to College (And Other News to Chew On)

This week we're talking about universal parental leave, how California's winning the drought, and $5,000 scholarships for every kid in Baldwin, Michigan.

Aug 19, 2015

After 20 Years Reporting on Solutions, I’m Going on a Journey to Find Where Hope Lies Now

YES! co-founder Sarah van Gelder sets out on a road trip to find the edge of change.

Sarah van Gelder | Aug 13, 2015

Jobs | Renewable energy

The Crunch: Why Washington D.C. Hired a Herd of Goats (And Other News to Chew On)

This week we’re talking about the future of work, a "masculine studies" program... and goats.

Aug 12, 2015

Local maize varieties. Photo by Jonah Vitale-Wolff.

Sustainable food and farming

Four Ways Mexico’s Indigenous Farmers Are Practicing the Agriculture of the Future

How can we get the most out of our farmland without harming the planet? I traveled to rural Mexico to learn from indigenous farmers.

Leah Penniman | Aug 11, 2015

The Weekly Crunch: Zero-Waste Grocery Stores, Black Women’s Business Boom, Robocops for Cyber-Bullies

Like reading the news while chomping on granola. Here’s what we've been chewing on lately.

Aug 5, 2015

Renewable energy

Nearly 80 Percent of Germany’s Power Came From Renewables In An Afternoon

For a few hours in July, 78 percent of Germany's power was generated by renewables like solar and wind. The country is spending €200 billion to move away from fossil fuels permanently.

Araz Hachadourian | Jul 31, 2015

Renewable energy

LA’s New Car Share Program Offers Electric Vehicles to Low-Income Drivers

Funded by state cap-and-trade revenue, Los Angeles' program will introduce an electric car-sharing fleet to lower carbon emissions and serve disadvantaged communities.

Shared-Use Mobility Center | Jul 30, 2015

Cooperatives

The Weekly Crunch: Tiny Houses in Vancouver and Why the South Is the New China

This week: Bee activists step up their game, Bernie Sanders lays out his views on all thing politicals, and fracking takes its toll on Oklahoma.

Jul 30, 2015

Climate

Staying Human in a Time of Climate Change: New Author on Science, Grief, and Hope

For geographer and author M Jackson, knowing climate science isn’t enough. We need to get our hearts involved too.

Leigh Finke | Jul 3, 2015

Climate

How the Pope Is Revving up Climate Action in LA’s Most Polluted Neighborhood

Catholic environmentalists are channeling the power of the Pope’s words into action.

Jasmine Aguilera | Jul 2, 2015

Sustainable food and farming

Why These Filmmakers Ate Nothing But Trash for Six Months

In the new documentary "Just Eat It," filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer swear off grocery shopping for six months and eat only food that would otherwise be thrown out.

Liz Pleasant | Jul 1, 2015

Meet the Scientist Breeding More Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)

With honeybee populations on the decline, scientists, lawyers, and even artists have set out to save humanity's most important pollinators.

Miles Schneiderman | Jun 23, 2015

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