By Jason Daley When coffee consumers think about the most sustainable way to manage their caffeine habit, they normally think about the cup it’s in: Is it recyclable? But what about the coffee itself? Some coffee plantations require clear-cutting; will drinking one type of coffee have a bigger impact on the environment than another? Coffee, […]
By Michael Berry Activist turned skeptic Paul Kingsnorth no longer believes technology can save humanity from “ecocide.” Through 19 essays in Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist (Graywolf Press, 2017), Kingsnorth argues that it is time to abandon the notion of sustainability, “an entirely human-centered piece of politicking, disguised as concern for ‘the planet.’” Instead, he […]
By Jonathan Hahn On President Trump’s first Earth Day in the White House, he declared on Twitter that “we celebrate our beautiful forests, lakes and lands”—an amiable if blasé arm-punch to the planet from the leader of the free world. Until a few hours later that is, when the president resorted to his usual right […]
By Wendy Becktold, SIERRA Magazine Have you ever booked a vacation-rental property that promises blissful solitude, only to show up at your mountain hamlet and realize that the online photos left out the traffic-jammed road or the nine other cabins clustered nearby? What to do if, when you want to get away, you really want […]
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