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Can salmon survive California's 'Peripheral Canal'?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-09-2012 |
Environment
Fall of the Redwood Empirenew

Clearcutting for vineyards is nothing new in wine country. Can it be stopped?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
12-12-2011 |
Environment
Greeting Society's Collapse with a Smile and a Shovelnew

Transition was launched when one Rob Hopkins recognized that modern Western society cannot continue at its current pace of life as fast access to oil begins to dwindle. Global warming and economic meltdown are the two other principle drivers of the Transition movement, but in an ideal "Transition Town," society would be ready for such changes.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-22-2009 |
Environment
Newest Buzz on Colony Collapse Disordernew
Why bees thrive in the city, promote life on earth and deserve a guerrilla movement.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Environment
Monocropping Leads the Way to a Global Food Crisisnew

The global agriculture market is busy cooking up a recipe for disaster. World grain production is on the rise, but this cheap oversupply has put millions of farmers in developing nations out of work. Equally problematic, policy makers are increasingly directing edible calories toward biofuels and animal feed. Meanwhile, impoverished humans starve. Is home gardening an actual answer?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
05-30-2008 |
Environment