Woman of the Cloth: Diverting fabric from landfills one pair of pants at a time
WASHINGTON—The average American tosses upward of 70 pounds of T-shirts, jeans, sweaters and towels into the garbage. Each year. Do the math in the nation’s...
Category: environmental heroes
Features about people making a significant difference on an environmental level, whether by removing invasive species to restore a habitat, picking up trash or monitoring waterways.
Rx for Appalachia: Non-profit restoring native forests to mountains devastated by coal mining and logging
DURBIN, WEST VIRGINIA—Near the top of Cheat Mountain, bulldozer operator Bill Moore grimaces at the wreckage littering the steep slope below. It looks as if...
A Sense of Wonder: On Rachel Carson and Shooting Stars
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On a late-night walk home from the train, I looked up at just the right time. Like a bug on fire, a shooting star...