eco-mavens

Benjamin Jones is a landscape architect, planner, and horticulturist by trade who is the Coastal Crescent Trail Project Manager for North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which spans about 1,200 miles across the state. As a staff member of Friends of the…Read More

Industries like mining, oil, gas, and manufacturing are often targeted as the unforgivable polluters of our environment. However, rather than blacklisting such sectors, which undergird modern society, a more progressive perspective is to identify ways in which their environmental impacts…Read More

Haldis Toppen is the Communications Director at Greenheart International, an organization that coordinates cultural exchange programs for Americans and foreigners who wish to learn about other ways of life. Greenheart is passionate about creating global leaders, reflected in such initiatives…Read More

Oyster restoration projects have recently been making waves in the conversation around sustainability, especially in coastal New England towns and cities. Over the past decade or so, teams of dedicated scientists and environmentalists have been working hard in places like…Read More

For June’s 18 Questions, we sat down with Emily McGinty, co-founder of the Duke Campus Farm in Durham, North Carolina. A passionate advocate of sustainable agriculture, social justice, and higher education, Emily is now assistant program manager at DCF. With…Read More

Roger Tempest is the custodian of Broughton Hall Estate, a 3,000-acre plot of land in Yorkshire, England. Along with his partner, Paris, and a hard-working team, he has transformed the centuries-old estate into a sanctuary for the environment and for…Read More

Tara McKenna, the founder of The Zero Waste Collective, believes that everyone has the right to pursue a more minimalistic and eco-friendlier lifestyle. But she also believes that we should work towards zero waste without the guilt of our individual shortcomings,…Read More

Emily McNamara is more than just a scientist and more than just a farmer. Having grown up on Sierra Orchards, a family farm in Winters, California, she completed her undergraduate education at Brown University and her Master’s at Duke University. She…Read More

Sustainability at the grocery store does not stop with remembering to bring your cloth bags. It also means shopping in bulk with your own reusable containers, learning to do more with less, and, where possible, stepping outside of the store…Read More

Happy Pepper Pot Day! If you are like us, this may be a holiday unfamiliar to you. But never fear; we are here to unpack its rich history and controversy! The Story Remember when you were in grade school, and…Read More