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Can You Put a Price on Nature? Governments Are Trying But the Results May Be Catastrophic

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. June 7, 2011.

The idea of valuing nature as "ecosystem services" can be well-intentioned but has two big problems.

Novelist T.C. Boyle on Humankind's Arrogant Attitude Towards Nature

Tom Jacobs, T. C. Boyle, Miller-McCune Magazine. March 30, 2011.

In "When the Killing’s Done," novelist T.C. Boyle once again examines humankind's conflicted attitudes toward the natural world.

As a Nation of Immigrants, How We Treat Undocumented People Speaks Volumes

Staff, National Council of La Raza. February 25, 2009.

When it comes to immigration, we really do need change we can believe in.

New Theory on Mental Illness Misses Bigger Picture

Jay Neugeboren, Huffington Post. November 18, 2008.

Why is it so much easier to find funds for studying mental disorders than it is to find funds to help the people who live with those disorders?

The Rich Have Priced the Outdoors out of Everyone Else's Hands

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. June 30, 2007.

As mansions increasingly eat up the coasts and hillsides, an old saying rings true: "If a place is truly beautiful, you can't afford to be there."

Leave No Child Inside

Richard Louv, Orion Magazine. March 2, 2007.

The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen spontaneously, ignoring the usual political and economic dividing lines in society.