UPNE – Integrated Landscaping: Lauren Chase-Rowell “A first-rate model for forward thinking landscapers everywhere. It’s time to bring nature back into our lives, and this book shows us how.”—Richard Louv, author, The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods “From initial design to plant choice to installation, this book will guide you in the [...]

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Exploring Humanity’s Place In the Journey of the Universe by : Yale Environment 360 …There’s starting to be a sense now that  there’s a moral issue about degradation of the environment, that there is something here that’s larger than us, something that’s given birth to all life forms and sustains us. And if we degrade [...]

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The Age of Man Is Not a Disaster – NYTimes.com Yes, we live in the Anthropocene — but that does not mean we inhabit an ecological hell. Our management and care of natural places and the millions of other species with which we share the planet could and should be improved.

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Fearing Climate Change’s Effects on the Adirondacks – NYTimes.com By LISA W. FODERARO A full moon rising over Osgood Pond near Paul Smiths, N.Y. More Photos » Mr. Jenkins, who is the author of the book “Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability,” spends much of his time on the water and in [...]

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Keep the Clean Water Act Strong – NYTimes.com When the act became law, two-thirds of our nation’s lakes, rivers and coastal waters were unsafe for fishing or swimming, and untreated sewage and industrial waste was routinely dumped into our waters.

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