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Environmental and social movements and organizations for cultural preservation
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas

Making Your Holiday Tree Eco-Friendly
December 12, 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

Rishikesh

A Prayer for the Ganges

Across India, environmentalists battle a tide of troubles to clean up a river revered as the source of life
November 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

India in Peril

Rakesh Jaiswal, founder of ecofriends.org, talks about the country's growing list of environmental problems
October 31, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

Wong

Midas Touch

To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
October 2007 | By William Booth

“All the issues out there sound so good—lower taxes, privatization of government services, neighborhood schools,” says Kruse (near Princeton, New Jersey, in July 2007). “But you can’t just buy into the ‘Leave it to Beaver’ mythology.”

Civil Wrongs

In a painstaking study of 1960s Atlanta, Kevin Kruse takes suburban whites to task
October 2007 | By Dick Polman

Philippe Cousteau believes we must join forces to save the environment: “People have this idea that government and industry are what really make a difference, but we [the public] are the only one who can get them to change. Here, Cousteau on location at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, FL recording "The Forsaken Mermaids" for Living on Earth.

Water Works

Taking up the family business, Philippe Cousteau campaigns to save our oceans and rivers
October 2007 | By G. Bruce Knecht

Nancy Knowlton, the National Museum of Natural History

Turning the Tide

Our oceans are in trouble, says Nancy Knowlton. But it's not too late to do something about it
September 24, 2007 | By Cate Lineberry

Since 1972, growing demand for shark fins and meat has devastated shark populations by as much as 87 percent for sandbar sharks and 99 percent for bull, dusky and hammerhead sharks. These sharks were caught, stripped of their fins for shark fin soup, then thrown back into the water.

Fishy Business

The problems with fishery management are mounting—and time may be running out
September 24, 2007 | By Anne Sasso

"Even in the best-managed fisheries, accidents happen," says Chris Wilcox. "One could effectively go back and make up for these mistakes."

Going "Bycatch Neutral"

Can fisheries eliminate their debts to nature?
September 24, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook

Ocean-friendly Eating

A sea life lover's guide to seafood
September 24, 2007 | By Bruce Hathaway

Ecocenter Energy

EcoCenter: Energy

What are governments, companies and households doing to conserve energy and pursue a "greener" future?
September 24, 2007 | By Smithsonian.com

"The basic question was, What can Mozambique do to build its economy?" says Carr, in Gorongosa Park. His answer: eco-tourism.

Greg Carr's Big Gamble

In a watershed experiment, the Boston entrepreneur is putting $40 million of his own money into a splendid but ravaged park in Mozambique
May 2007 | By Stephanie Hanes

Earth Day 2008

EcoCenter: Greener Living

Smithsonian.com takes a look at common and easy ways to go green
April 18, 2007 | By Smithsonian.com

The Amazon loses 8,800 acres a day to deforestation.

Rain Forest Rebel

In the Amazon, researchers documenting the ways of native peoples join forces with an embattled chief to stop illegal loggers and developers from destroying the earth's most precious wilderness
March 2007 | By Joshua Hammer

On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson

Equal Say

SLIDESHOW: A photographic essay of how women won the vote
March 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

"Anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill" is what Hine wrote.

Through the Mill

Because of a Lewis Hine photograph, Addie Card became the poster child of child labor. But what became of Addie Card?
September 2006 | By Elizabeth Winthrop

Building Sustainable Cities

The 227-city U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement is just the beginning.
August 01, 2006 | By Erica Ryberg

PLA made by NatureWorks is compostable. But Chris Choate (at a Norcal site near Vacaville, California) says large amounts of corn plastic can interfere with composting.

Corn Plastic to the Rescue

Wal-Mart and others are going green with "biodegradable" packaging made from corn. But is this really the answer to America's throwaway culture?
August 2006 | By Elizabeth Royte

Soda bottles make up the bulk of the construction of a 3,500-liter cistern that Andreas Froese (pictured) and schoolchildren built in Roatan, Honduras. When filled with sand, the bottles become nearly indestructible.

Waste Into Walls: Building Casas Out of Sand

A green technology guru heads to the dump in search of the stuff of dreams.
August 01, 2006 | By Erica Ryberg

Al Gore Discusses "An Inconvenient Truth"

Environmentalist Al Gore talks about his new movie.
July 01, 2006 | By Amy Crawford


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