Detail from artist Ries Niemi's "Light Bulb Bench" at Seattle City Light's North Service Center.

Seattle City Councilmembers take on the plastic bag industry.

Viva Farms Director Sarita Schaffer is also the regional director of Washington State University's Latino farming program. She and others from WSU applied for grants and convinced socially motivated...

Pre-Occupy movement, protestors picketed at the White House against the Keystone XL Pipeline. Now, Paul Loeb recommends environmentalists occupy Exxon.

A coal-powered generating plant in China.

Smoke coming from fireplaces and wood stoves has been linked to a host of health effects including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and asthma attacks. Wood stoves that are more than 20...

Puget Sound

Rainbow chard grows all winter in the Northwest and can be used liberally in omelets, pastries, stirfries and more.

A wolf in Yellowstone National Park, where wolves have been shown to have an effect on their prey even when they don't attack.

A bike rider checks messages while at a street corner.

Four generations of Robinettes on Lazy R Ranch. Maurice Robinette is top right.

Ashton Vital explains alternative box-cooker designs.

Bobo the gorilla, Seattle, ca. 1955

Southern California traffic.