Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Last week, Time magazine asked, "Why Are Southerners So Fat?" There's no simple answer, of course. Poverty, culture and climate all play a role in the South's high obesity rates. But one factor that's increasingly blamed by everyone from medical...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Reason No. 137 that I love commuting by bike in New York City: I get to watch baby hawks go to flight school. Last year, I was fascinated and then heartbroken by a pair of red-tail hawks that built a...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment , Reviving the World's Oceans
When I was growing up, my family lived in New Orleans for several years, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. One of my father's friends had a boat, and he liked to take it out shrimping. My dad and...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
New York magazine featured a great story last week on school overcrowding in Manhattan. What struck me -- aside from concerns about how my own kid might fare -- was this passage about the city's failure to anticipate that New...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day, which is part of National Bike Month, coinciding with Bike Month NYC here in the Big Apple, and I have to admit that it's all making me feel a bit guilty. Last summer,...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Earlier this month, I asked readers in my blog, on NRDC's Facebook page and via our online newsletter to share what Earth Day means to them. And you did! Here are some of the responses that made me laugh, smile...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
Here's what it means to me: That's my new son, Henry. (Sorry, I can't help showing him off a little bit.) I've cared about the environment for a long time, but while my wife was pregnant with Henry here, I...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
My March Madness bracket is in shambles. This weekend's Final Four games will be a terrible reminder that -- for the first time I can remember -- I failed to pick even one team correctly. But at least I've got...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last spring, I found myself entranced by a pair of red-tail hawks building a nest in Riverside Park, just a few blocks from my apartment in New York City. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of their parents and the best wishes...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
Where does your drinking water come from?Natural historian Sidney Horenstein has been asking that question around New York City for decades. The answer he always gets is: "From the faucet."This Sunday, however, is World Water Day, an event created by...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Sometimes in New York, you get surrounded by steel and glass and brick and brownstone and it's easy to forgot that you live on an island -- and not a particularly big island at that.Then it pours for one afternoon...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Solving Global Warming
The snake discovered recently by scientists in Colombia was huge: as long as a school bus and heavy as a small car. Its remains, now being studied at the University of Florida, are about as long as a T-rex...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably
I'm a huge Pittsburgh fan, so I don't need any extra motivation to celebrate last night's thrilling Steelers victory. (You've heard of tennis elbow? Today I'm suffering from Terrible Towel elbow.) If for some reason you were rooting for the...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Health and the Environment
Yesterday, my wife forwarded me an "Important Announcement Regarding Your Recent Purchase of Peanut Butter" that she got from Fresh Direct, the online grocery service here in New York City.This was not a good e-mail.As my wife will tell you,...continued→
Posted by Scott Dodd in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Everyone seems to be having fun reading the revamped whitehouse.gov website today and seeing what it says about their top priorities.After writing about the challenges of communicating smart growth earlier today, I was curious what the new Obama administration would...continued→
