Hurricane Sandy in the Context of Climate Change
Hurricane Sandy hit New York City and the East Coast of the United States today. Manhattan is being evacuated; water is flowing in the streets. Battery Park was underwater earlier, and will be...
View ArticleDrop in the Bucket: Wrapping up the Six-Month Commute Challenge at Milkweed...
Our challenge this summer: to commute by car as little as possible for six months. We biked, walked, and bussed our way to and from the office—through spring downpours and the sticky humidity of...
View Article“The Tarball Chronicles” and Hurricane Sandy, a year later
Next week marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy—the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 season, as well as the second most expensive hurricane in the history of the United...
View ArticleSpring sale roundup
Though it doesn’t quite feel like Spring in Minnesota yet, we are featuring many books on sale for a few different reasons. First, if you missed the books we put on sale for St. Patrick’s Day, now’s...
View ArticleEarth Day environmental sale
It’s Earth Day and we want to share two of our most hard-hitting environmental titles with you. In Empty Hands, Open Arms, Deni Béchard gives an eye-opening look into the struggle for preservation of...
View ArticleNon-required Reading: Perfect Gifts for Grads
It’s cap and gown season all over again. It’s a time of exiting comfort zones, rethinking values, and starting over—and also a time of furiously googling “what to expect in college,” “leaving home for...
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