Author: borderjumpers

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. In this regular series, we profile advisors to the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Hans Herren, President of the Millennium Institute....

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. For centuries, farmers in the Sahel–a band of land that crosses Africa at the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert–used rotational tree farming to...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. As Iceland’s erupting volcano strands thousands of air travelers across Europe and worldwide, a less publicized but arguably more costly catastrophe is...

Originally featured in the Montreal Gazette. Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. I grew up in Westmount as an only child with a relatively privileged middle-class life. I attended Selwyn...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Wildlife conservation and sustainable farming practices are becoming increasing prevalent across sub-Saharan Africa (see Protecting Wildlife While...