News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world.
Legalizing cannabis has been promoted as the cure for nearly everything, from healing our withered economy, to ending the reign of drug cartels. Medical cannabis is already legal in California, but this proposal would regulate and tax marijuana for any adult to use. On Monday, September 13, the Proposition 19 campaign is launching a “money [...]
USAgain CEO Mattias Wallander says the volume of landfilled U.S. clothing is still increasing. As the volume of discarded U.S clothing grows, a national for-profit business is expanding to keep up. USAgain, with collections in 11 major metropolitan areas, is finding that the two-year-old U.S. recession isn’t diminishing the number or volume of shirts, pants, [...]
There’s an exciting announcement out this week — the “first net-zero affordable community” is supposed to break ground on September 14th in Jerseyville, IL. It looks like a wonderful project in that 32 single-family homes renting for only $590 per month will be powered by solar panels, wind turbines and other clean technology, keeping utility bills [...]
