E Magazine

Despite the breathtaking vistas of its unique, semi-arid mountain-desert, the Namaqualand region of northwestern South Africa is woefully impoverished. But a handful of progressive Connecticut educators are working with African communities to build...

I have two daughters, ages four and seven, and the girls were on my mind as I was editing this issue's comprehensive package on children's environmental health. I think my wife and I do a reasonable job of protecting them from harm: We walk them to...

Environmental Degradation and Civil War in the Gem Trade Gleaming gems shining from plush velvet cases in quiet jewelry stores make it easy to forget that some of these symbols of love and prosperity originated in distant lands, deep in the soil...

Bermuda Works to Recreate its Natural Past It is peaceful on Nonsuch Island, a 14-acre nature preserve at the eastern entrance to Bermuda's Castle Harbor. Migratory songbirds flit through canopy trees, their calls disturbed only by the distant and...

One of Bear River, Nova Scotia's biggest tourist attractions is its sewage treatment plant. Pleasing to the eye and almost completely odorless, the 80,000-gallon facility is located right in the heart of the small town's tourist district. Every year,...

Alternative Treatments to Control Termites If there's wood in your house, chances are at some point you'll have unwelcome houseguests: termites. Treatments to get rid of these trespassers can be environmentally nasty. Infestations in which the entire...

Native Americans across the continent continue to struggle against environmental and social injustice. Tribal lands are disproportionately ravaged by mining and forestry industries, and every site in America currently proposed to store nuclear waste...

A Historic Agreement Protects Canada's Largest Temperate Rainforest A historic agreement reached this April between Canadian environmental groups and Canada's logging industry will ensure the long-term security of British Columbia's threatened west...

Los Angeles' Bus Riders Union Fights for Equal Treatment Although light rail trains are favored by many forward-thinking transportation agencies, buses carry far more commuters. The public transportation fleet in the U.S. consists of 129,000 vehicles;...

The thick chaparral of a remote region in the Sespe Wilderness, part of the Los Padres National Forest, in Ventura, California, has concealed a lost herd of desert bighorn sheep for more than five years. But now they're out in the open. The animals...

Congress Compromises On Children's Health Somewhere between court hearings and Congressional testimony, preserving the innocence of childhood became a priority of the Clinton Administration (which had previously shown a tolerance for toxins in toys,...