The Cannabis Frontier
For 40 years California’s Emerald Triangle has provided the one critical environmental factor required to grow cannabis: isolation. That’s about to change.
Tagged: Food and Agriculture
How Activists Are Taking on Factory Farms
Activists gather at a summit over factory farm expansion, offering an economic vision based on the value of clean water.
Edgy Stuff: August 2016 Recommendations
August 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Wasting Space: Composting for Change in New York
A compost organization in New York City offers up an alternative vision of urban green space and waste labor.
Rhythms of Time Along the Water
The Center for Culture, History, and Environment’s Place-Based Workshop on the Mississippi River this summer inspires reflections on Mali’s critically important Niger Delta floodplain.
Edgy Stuff: July 2016 Recommendations
July 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Edgy Stuff: May 2016 Recommendations
May 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Edgy Stuff: April 2016 Recommendations
April 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
The Urban Buzz: Pollinator Protection in Madison, Wisconsin
A variety of bees inhabit urban spaces alongside us. In Madison, efforts are underway to improve habitats for the pollinators.
Coconuts: Catalysts of Conflict
A peek into the past reveals how coconuts went from colonial cash crop to a means of resistance in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century.
