Sustainability

A New Way of Farming – Utilizing Symbiotic Relationships

For a while my wife and I were living on Table Mountain in Oroville.  We were commuting to Chico State for school.  After leaving my

Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit

  Designed for land use planners, water experts, and interested activists, the Sierra Water and Land Use Policy Summit describes the important relationship between water

Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival April 30 - May 6, 2008

You are invited to the Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival from April 30 - May 6, 2008, which is held annually at Audubon's Kern

Truckee Climate Action Network launches the Keep Truckee Cool Campaign

With the bountiful snowfalls we are experiencing this winter in Truckee, it's possible to put fears of the devasting impacts of climate change aside, but the Truckee Climate

Wealthy Folks are Colonizing Rural America, Wall St. Journal Page One

An urban friend sent me a clipping of a recent Wall Street Journal article by Conor Dougherty. Rural America is the recreation and retirement destination

Cutting Carbon One Clothespin and One Perception At A Time

The summer of 1968 in Ohio was stifling hot and seemed to last forever. I was a five year old impervious to the heat and

Martis land in public hands

David Bunker of the Sierra Sun writes about the acquisition of Waddle Ranch as public land and its preservation as open space. The verdant meadows

Sustainable Rural Development

Two weekends ago, I attended a conference devoted to "sustainability" in the Sierra Nevada. It was the Sierra Nevada Alliance's annual gathering and the folks

State of Sierra Forest Conferences

At the Sierra Nevada Alliance Annual Conference last weekend, I learned about an amazing new initiative that the Sierra Business Council has launched: ThrivingForests .

Voices of Sustainable Farmers

I found this great link to a site showcasing farmers and ranchers around the country who are dedicated to sustainable ag.  It remeinded me a

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