Stories by Christine MacDonald

Christine MacDonald is an environmental journalist and the author of "Green Inc., An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad" (The Lyons Press). subscribe to Christine MacDonald's feed

What GIS Mapping Technology Can Tell You About the Health of Your Neighborhood and Your Risk for Illness

Posted on: Jul 3, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The emerging field of geo-medicine is helping to map food deserts, parks and illness rates, connecting the dots between place and health.

Why Some of Our Last Remaining Old-Growth Forests May Be Privatized for a Political Favor

Posted on: Jun 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The House will take up an omnibus bill that critics have denounced as a sweeping effort to roll back environmental laws and privatize public lands.

Can New Corporate Pledges of Zero Waste Make Landfills Obsolete?

Posted on: Apr 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Businesses are learning that what they throw away can be just as valuable as what they are making.

Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The road to prosperity and happiness doesn't lead to the shopping mall, as most economists would have you believe.

When It Comes to the Environment, Are We the 99 Percent or the 1 Percent?

Posted on: Nov 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Protestors of the Keystone Pipeline, fracking and other environmental concerns are finding common ground with the Occupy movement -- but there's more to the story.

Why the End May Be Coming for Coal

Posted on: Nov 9, 2009, Source: E Magazine

Momentum is building to block new coal-fired power plants and end mountaintop removal mining. Is there enough political will to make the break?