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In a remote part of the Pacific Ocean just 400 miles off the coast of California sits the world’s largest congregation of our wasteful consumption patterns. Commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex, it is a large body of floating debris trapped by the current of the North Pacific Gyre.
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The “City of Brotherly Love” is known as the place where the Declaration of Independence was signed and where the Constitutional Convention hammered out the unprecedented framework of the American government. But few people know that Philadelphia also revolutionized the way that water is…
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While from a geologic perspective lakes are by no means permanent features of the landscape, lately they seem to be shrinking all over the globe at a startling rate. Generally, this phenomenon can be attributed to a variety of unsustainable practices, especially irrigation and hydroelectric projects…
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Reedville, Virginia is like most small fishing villages along the Atlantic Coast. The town has a couple churches, some bed and breakfast inns, an annual fishing contest, and even a fishing museum. However, Reedville is strikingly different than most other fishing towns…
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Ecological disasters, not unlike death, can be awkward to talk about. Do you focus on the details (the science), or do you move towards the sentiment? Refuge succeeds by embracing both. Grieving for a lost parent, and grieving for a lost place, Terry Tempest Williams tells both an intimate personal story…
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In July, Pakistan was hit with its worst floods in 80 years leaving 20% of the country underwater. The photography of the floods posted on Snapistan not only captured the devastation but also the strength and perseverance of the everyday people of Pakistan as they try to rebuild their lives.
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Volume 1 – Issue 1 – 2011
Features
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Finding Fortune in Plastic
In a remote part of the Pacific Ocean just 400 ...
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Philadelphia: Birthplace of the Revolution . . . in Water Management?
The “City of Brotherly Love” is known as the place ...
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Shrinking Lakes
While from a geologic perspective lakes are by no means ...
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The Menhaden: A Little Fish with Big Problems
Photo by Brian Gratwicke Reedville, Virginia is like most small ...
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Ghost in the Shale: Will the presence of uranium be a game-changer for PA?
The development of natural gas resources in Pennsylvania has increased ...
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Displaying H20 Activism
Not-For-Profit Project Vortex's mission is to encourage the functional reuse ...
Reviews
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Author: Terry Tempest Williams Vintage Books, 1991, 336 pps Ecological ...
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Fight for the Bay: Why a Dark Green Environmental Awakening is Needed to Save the Chesapeake Bay
Author: Howard R. Ernst Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009, ...
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World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life
Authors: Darlene Trew Crist, Gail Scowcroft ...
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The Big Necessity
Author: Rose George Henry Holt and Company, 2008, 288 ...
People
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Interview with Dr. David Tickner, World Wildlife Fund-UK
As Head of Freshwater Programs for the World Wildlife Fund-UK, ...
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World Water Week
In order for water challenges to be properly addressed, ...
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Pakistan Through the Lens of Its Youth
Born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, Snapistan ...
