by Daisy Simmons Wildfire smoke is becoming an increasingly serious public health threat across the western U.S. And it’s getting worse each year as a consequence of climate change. Here, as part of your climate adaptation toolbox, are some tips for coping with wildfire smoke, which may last days and even weeks after a wildfire event. 1. Know the health risks. Wildfire smoke is a complex mix of gases and fine particles produced from burning materials like trees, buildings and

Introduction to Permaculture by Andrew Millison is available for free download and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. See the introduction excerpt below: "The permaculture perspective has more resonance now than at any other time since the term ‘permaculture’ was coined in 1978. The Paris Climate Agreement of 2016 has the world admitting it needs to turn civilization onto a different road. P

by Molly Carter Every year,  nearly 200 million people  are impacted by natural disasters, another 99,000 are killed, and over $162 billion a year is spent on the emergency situations they create – a staggering impact that is just the beginning of the far reach of natural disasters. Serious injury, displacement, loss of family, and even the effects PTSD are just a few of the traumatizing results that can be felt long after the disaster itself. Even though every state in the U

“I make myself rich by making my wants few.” — Henry David Thoreau Gathering rain to water your garden, growing a food forest in your backyard, raising chickens in your own coop—these are often things that people associate with the term "self-sufficiency"—but they're not the whole story. Sometimes, in order to be self-employed and living on our own terms, we can't afford a big piece of land or we don't have enough room to fit a large rain barrel. The good thing about self-su

For the small percentage of you that love your company, love your co-workers, but hate your actual job, here is another option worth trying. Okay, Imma' tell you a story, because that's what I do. I worked at this natural foods co-op, and I got along with a lot of the people there. They were (mostly) chill, had that hippie vibe, and were just down to earth people. I applied there to be a part-time admin assistant, and I was qualified—in fact, after about 15 years of admin as

Jobs and careers usually are talked about as singular things—"I need to get a job" , or "This is my career". But what if doing just one thing doesn't make as much sense as it used to? There are three main reasons why more is better when it comes to side hustles: You will have backups. Starting a business isn't ever a sure thing—sometimes we can put our all into something, and it just doesn't bring the results we want. It is nice to have a backup to bring in money while