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Living in the city conserves resources. Now, in Seattle, it can save money too. The Location Efficient Mortgage (LEM), introduced in November by Continental Savings Bank and Fannie Mae, the [...]

Activists target polluters, negligent landlords When Melissa Gardner's son was four years old, a test showed that he had too much lead in his blood. The test turned out to [...]

The Universe Below: Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea by William J. Broad; Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $15 More than 700 people have traveled into space since Vostok I launched [...]

At its 1999 national awards ceremony in September, the Sierra Club lauded young volunteers and seasoned conservationists, cyberactivists and outings leaders. The top honor bestowed at the San Francisco event, [...]

FIVE BOLD IDEAS FOR THE NEW CENTURY A clearcut prevented in Georgia. A golf course blocked in Hawaii. A mining claim denied in Wisconsin. Local victories like these are the [...]

Before Edgar Wayburn's first visit to Alaska in 1967, few Sierra Club members knew much about the great wilderness to the north. All that changed when the Club's then-president presented [...]

In 65 chapters and hundreds of local groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two nations, Sierra Club members are hard at work protecting our natural heritage. American Southeast CEMENT NIX-ERS Rising [...]

In 65 chapters and hundreds of local groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two nations, Sierra Club members are hard at work protecting our natural heritage. Colorado, Plateau SACRED, NOT STONEWASHED [...]

The article offers information on the move of several researchers to conduct studies aiming to uncover the history of human settlement in Istanbul, Turkey. It provides details about the collection of bags and bags of artifacts, such as Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Roman, and Byzantine, from an initial visual survey conducted by a group of archaeologists as well as provides images of artifacts and bones recovered from the megacity's outskirts.

When Bill McKibben looks into the future, he sees a world where people may live forever, where parents could choose to have a child with the smarts of a Nobel [...]

Zachary Orman had his epiphany while skiing in Stanislaus National Forest, where a bleak clearcut spoiled the majestic view. Kham Vang awoke at a peaceful campsite on the Feather River [...]

With 95 percent of the vast Lone Star State in private hands, there's not much wild land for the public to enjoy. So it's no surprise that Padre Island National [...]

At the dawn of the automotive age, it wasn't uncommon for motorists to carry six spare tires on a long journey. Thanks to poor design and bumpy roads, the average [...]

Rhonda Anderson ends every phone call and e-mail with a single word: 'Peace.' It's something that's in short supply in her home of Detroit, where 26 percent of inner-city residents [...]

The U.S. government says it can't be done. But our northern neighbor believes a major industrial nation can significantly reduce its climate-altering pollution without harming its economy. In November, Ottawa [...]

From the heights of the Ireteba Peaks to the depths of Arrow Canyon, from the Joshua trees of Wee Thump to the ponderosa pines of the LaMadre Mountains, some 450,000 [...]

The world's fastest land mammal and a deft hunter, the cheetah is also, at heart, a big scaredy-cat. When challenged, it will run, not fight, a trait that inspired a [...]

If you'd attended a parade in Zumbrota or Stillwater or Eagan, Minnesota, this summer, you probably would have heard the marching band, waved at the local politicians, and smiled at [...]

In the 1930s, the United States was a nation of farmers, with a quarter of American workers living off the land. Since then, their ranks have dwindled steadily, now numbering [...]

The Sierra Club and the natural environment lost a dear friend and staunch ally in March when Peggy Wayburn passed away at the age of 84. A native New Yorker, [...]

What's an endangered fish without water to swim in? That's the question environmentalists are asking since the Bush administration withdrew key habitat protections for 19 endangered populations of Northwest salmon [...]

It seemed like a typical all-American road trip: Over 700 miles and five days in February, Sierra Club organizers Darden Rice and Joe Murphy sampled local cuisine (oyster stew, heart [...]

Environmentalists have long warned of the ecological risks posed by Bt corn, which is genetically engineered to resist European and southwestern corn borers. Now farmers have yet another reason not [...]

Penicillin seemed like a miracle when it was introduced in the 1940s: a drug that could cure previously devastating bacterial diseases such as pneumonia, syphilis, and meningitis. Some 60 years [...]

The article discusses the argument between the villagers of Yirca in Turkey and Kolin Group on the issue of clearing the olive trees to build a coal-fired power plants. Topics discussed include the insights of Mustafa Akin, the village head on the importance of olives, the defending of the livelihood and the land by the villagers, and the insights of founding president Salih Madra on the environmental and social cost of power plants.

Remember mother's advice, 'If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all'? If Monsanto gets its way in court, even saying something nice could get you in trouble--if [...]

Residents of Salt Lake City's northern neighborhoods enjoy a mighty big backyard: the blond rolling hills of City Creek Canyon, thousands of acres that are a water source for the [...]

Wealthy homeowners in Aspen, Colorado, are shelling out for solar-powered water heaters in affordable housing. What sounds philanthropic is actually the result of a local initiative that capitalizes on the [...]

With the average American spending 55 workdays a year stuck in traffic, a third of all hazardous air pollutants linked to automotive emissions, and more open space disappearing every day, [...]

(1) TO BOOST THE ECONOMY. Recreation, hunting, and fishing produce 88 percent of the $145 billion generated by our national forests. Timber sales provide only 2.7 percent--and because taxpayer money [...]

As the camera zooms in on the ripples in a stack of broken Styrofoam, Ariana lights up. 'It looks like a waterfall!' she exclaims, her grin matching the smiley-face on [...]

For his more than 60 years as an ardent conservationist, David Brower has been honored with the world's most lucrative environmental award, the Blue Planet Prize. Last fall, Brower, the [...]

The article presents information about Truckee, California-based photographer Elizabeth Carmel and her works. Some of the best photographs taken by her have been compiled together in her first book, titled "Brilliant Waters: Portraits of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and the High Sierra." Of the hundreds of photos she takes on a multi-day shoot, Carmel picks only a handful to develop further in her digital darkroom, enhancing colors and combining exposures to make images that match her memories. Carmel believes that the natural world has a healing and nourishing power and that the modern lifestyle has erased the thought of it from the mind of contemporary man.

The article presents information about issues related to environmentalism. The book "Shopping With a Conscience," by Duncan Clark and Richie Unterberger, discusses the social, environmental, and political ramifications of everyday purchases. Former Japanese environmental minister Yuriko Koike launched a campaign to revive the furoshiki, a type of square wrapping cloth. The centuries-old pattern provides stylish solution to the modern problem of waste created by single-use plastic and paper bags. An interview with environmentally friendly wedding planner Corina Beczner is also presented.