Recently added articles from World Watch:
Beer.(LIFE-CYCLE STUDIES)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Overview Enkidu, a man raised by wild animals in the classic Sumerian poem Epic of Gilgamesh, knew nothing of beer until a prostitute guided him to a shepherd's camp. Upon finishing seven full cups, "his soul became free and cheerful, his heart rejoiced, his face glowed. ... He ...
Copenhagen: the road to success.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2009; ... With the Copenhagen Climate Conference now approaching, there are plenty of reasons to be discouraged about the prospect of humanity's surmounting its greatest challenge. While scientists report accelerated Arctic melting and warn that we are already perilously close to ...
Local food debate.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Sarah DeWeerdt makes some important and often-overlooked points in the cover story of your May/June 2009 issue, "Is Local Food Better?" It is increasingly clear that many factors besides travel distance affect the environmental impact of our food choices. Farming methods and inputs, ...
Economies in nature.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... There are always big gaps in human designs for things nature makes appear easy, but are not. The "economic democracy" idea proposed by David Schweickart ["A New Capitalism--or a New World?", September/October] is interesting for the ideals expressed, but retains one of the central flaws of ...
Dissing Pittsburgh.(FROM READERS)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... While I applaud your informative article on renewable energy in the September/ October issue ["A Bridge to the Renewable Energy Future"), I was very frustrated to see the smoky steel mill picture from Pittsburgh, which didn't indicate the vintage of the picture. The picture had to be at ...