Why Land Trusts Are So Critical

When I was a young child, my grandfather and I would walk my dog in the woods near his home outside New York City. One day everything was all gone. The big trees, the frogs in the pond and the songs o...

Lessons from America’s First Land Managers

To the Indian people of the Quinault Nation in Washington State, the cedar tree is the “tree of life” because it is fundamental to every aspect of their existence. From its wood the Quinault peopl...

SC Johnson: Doing Their Part to Grow Greener Products

In 2001 SC Johnson devised Greenlist™, a ground-breaking process that classifies raw materials considered for use in the company’s products according to their impact on the environment and on huma...

What Makes Carpet Green?

According to former U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, in the past 25 years the percentage of indoor air quality health evaluations conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has increas...

Better Building With Logs

Before the first Aryan invaders appeared in India, people were harvesting trees to build structures for every conceivable purpose. Many thousands of years later when the first pioneers came to America...

Seven Products You Should Check Out

1. EnOcean EnOcean manufactures and markets world-leading energy harvesting technology, sensors and RF (radio frequency) communication in a single solution for building and home automation, lighting, ...

US Air Force Pushes the Envelope for Energy Solutions

The economic impact of energy is having a tremendous effect upon America at home and on the job. To combat this effect, consumers and businesses alike are undergoing major transformations to better ma...

Doing Business with the Poor for Prosperity

When Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, it was in recognition of his successful work over decades to create a bank for the poor people of his country. But it was anot...

An Assault on Bristol Bay

Alaska has been home to its fair share of environmental assaults and controversies as a direct result of wars between materialists and conservationists. So in 2008 it’s probably not a big surprise t...

Global Warming and Lost Lands: Understanding the Effects of Sea Level Rise

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), elimination of the Greenland Ice Sheet would create a potential sea level rise of 6.55 meters or approximately 21.5 feet. This increased water ...

Saving Rural America: The Fight Against the NIET Corridors: Part Two

As she looked out lovingly over their 60–acre farm of rolling hills and green pastureland, Luciana Duvall explained how she felt when she arrived in Virginia from Argentina: “When I walked up to t...

Robert Glenn Ketchum, Nature’s Tireless Advocate: A Conviction of the Heart

Robert Glenn Ketchum is a world-renowned photographer, conservationist and author. For 40 years his imagery and books have helped to define contemporary color photography. At the same time both he and...

Our Sustainable Doctrine of Discovery

Scientists are undergoing a sustainable “ritual of discovery” and marking their territories by claiming “new” processes and procedures with their respective university’s or organization’s ...

Is the Quest For Success Killing Us?

What do a six-figure income, high-status job title and reputation for a good work ethic get you at the end of the day? Some say “closer to the American dream”; others say “closer to the grave....

Stewardship at Sea

I had the good fortune to meet the publisher of livebetter magazine this past March at the Society of American Military Engineers’ (SAME) Depar...

Government Leading by Example

President George W. Bush has called on the Federal government to lead by example, be a good neighbor, and be a good environmental steward while, at the same time, meeting its missions in an efficient ...

Everyone Is Invited

...decide for yourself how you feel about things...As a direct result of this process, we’ve found some great human beings who have agreed to be involved in this mission because they care deeply abo...

Kuhns Bros. Log Homes

For more than 60 years – starting long before it became popular to build green – Kuhns Bros. Log Homes (KBLH) has been promoting sustainable lifestyles in America by specializing in the custom man...

Eight Products You Should Check Out

1. Green Carpet Is More Than a Color Market segments have really begun to recognize the benefits of building green which is why it’s no longer a trend; it is a mainstay. And carpet, carpet pads and ...

Why Everyone Needs To Build Green

It may be difficult to understand how buildings can impact the quality of life and health of people, but buildings that are built green improve the health of their occupants.Green building isn’t ben...

US Army Corps of Engineers: With a Little Help from Our Friends

Where do most Americans go when they want to visit the great outdoors? The average person may answer “national park” or “national forest.” But, that’s not correct. Believe it or not, most ju...

Ten Easy Steps on the Road to Sustainability

Living “green” is an ideology most people share; however, the concept must be put into practice for real change to occur. The way to change begins with adjusting your mindset, rethinking how to lo...

Sustainability: A Systems Approach to a Successful Business Model

Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s not easy being green.” But that’s not what businesses and government agencies are learning all across America. In fact, many are discovering th...

Eminent Domain and the Violation of Rural America Part One

Judy Almquist is a retired farmer and widow on a fixed income. The treasured memories of her life with her husband and their children are as much a part of the landscape of her heart as their rural Vi...

America’s Forests: An Important First Step in Combating Climate Change

America’s forests are enchantingly beautiful and mysteriously engaging. They cast a spell over anyone who enters their kingdom by exerting a magical power unequaled in nature and by creating a prese...

Humbled in the Face of Water: A World-Wide Water Shortage

What if a substantial portion of the world’s population could not obtain a sufficient amount of drinkable water on a daily basis? Would this be a global crisis? Should the problem take precedence ov...

Lieutenant General Carl Strock: A General’s Journey From Katrina & Iraq to Sustainability

Upon first glance, Lieutenant General (LTG) Carl A. Strock, the 51st Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), doesn’t embody the stereotypical retirement story ...
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