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Support Environmental Reporting And Get A Copy Of Franzen’s “Freedom”
This is a sweet deal: if you haven’t already read Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, then stock up on your summer reading while supporting the best environmental news website out there. Right now, Grist is...
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Jonathan Stray on how journalism can generate solutions
At Dowser.org, the site I’ve written for since early 2011, we investigate stories in the vein of solution journalism: “who’s solving what, and how.” Writing on his blog recently, journalist Jonathan...
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The Economist: Houston going green
Texas sprawl Houston, which was named America’s most polluted city in 1999, is working to remedy their environmental maladies. It’s happening at the level of policy–they have overhauled their building...
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GOOD: Crowdfunding Meets Small-Scale Farming
“Check out my Kickstarter page! If you donate, I’ll send you some fresh cheese. If you tweet about it, you’ll get a wool cap.” I either love this or think it’s a really bad idea. Good reports:...
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Thought Catalog: How The Sharing Economy Creates Abundance
My latest dispatch from the sharing economy: “On Thursday night at the Brooklyn Swappers meet-up, Rotindo’s garlic powder is dusted atop a salad of fresh mozzarella and tomatoes, which sits on a table...
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Announcing the Launch of Green Rabbits
We are a collaborative group who initiate and support food-based projects, as well as offer consulting and research-and-development services. We work at the intersection between food, agriculture, and...
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My e-book: “Social Entrepreneurs Speak”
This summer, I decided to experiment with online publishing. I curated a selection of my interviews, essays, and articles on social entrepreneurship and social change that were originally written for...
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Interviews With Chef Arthur Potts Dawson, Author of “Eat Your Vegetables”
Last weekend I had the opportunity to interview chef Author Potts Dawson, author of the newly-released cookbook Eat Your Vegetables, for the Green Rabbits blog. In Part I, Dawson shares his story of...
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Notes on a Hurricane: Acts of God
The desolate Lower East Side, on Wednesday afternoon. Post-industrial cities are intricate networks of information and people that exist in constant flow; they thrive on technology and capital, but...
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Will New Amsterdam Market Survive & Flourish?
Yesterday I observed an incredible outpouring of support for the New Amsterdam Market, whose existence may be threatened by a plan to develop Lower Manhattan’s Pier 17. Read about it in my Green...
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“American Meat” premieres at Cinema Village April 12-18
Friends, Many of you know that I’ve been working doing public relations for a film called American Meat; this documentary film tells a story about food that you haven’t heard before, even if you’ve...
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Michael Pollan in New York Magazine: How journalism ignites a movement
A great interview with Michael Pollan runs in this week’s New York Magazine. Reflecting on the beginning of his career as a food journalist and thought-leader, Pollan says: “[New York Times Magazine]...
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Local food fail: NYC paves over a beloved foodie haven
My article in Grist on the controversy surrounding the Pier 17 development plan: “But now, the New Amsterdam Market is likely facing its last summer at the Seaport. In its place, the Howard Hughes...
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Who Is The Napa Valley Falcon Whisperer, And How Did She Help Make Your...
Generally speaking, most wine coverage focuses on two kinds of people in the industry: winemakers themselves, and sommeliers. Logical, yes! But a whole slew of characters are involved in the production...
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