In 1970, a 23-year-old college student named Gary Anderson won a contest sponsored a design contest by then-Chicago-based Container Corporation of America (CCA), a large producer of recycled paperboard. The contest drew entries from high schools and colleges across the country. Gary won the contest with his three chasing arrows, inspired by the Möbius strip, [...]

A branch of life sciences that examines how biological and environmental processes interact and influence the size and age compositions of populations.

In subtropical areas, winters are relatively warm, but not as hot as the summer season. These areas rarely see frost or snow.

An area of land drained by a river system also referred to as a drainage system or watershed. Identifying catchment areas is now a primary tool for environmental planning.

Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson started her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller, The Sea Around Us, won her financial security [...]

Joshua Farley is a renowned ecological economist working to integrate social, human and natural capital into the way the world views economics. He is a Fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and a Professor in the Community Development and Applied Economics faculty at the University of Vermont. With economist Herman Daly, Farley co-authored [...]

Dr. Todd is one of the pioneers in the emerging field of ecological design and engineering and the founder and senior partner of John Todd Ecological Design. Beyond his numerous awards and citations including the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Award, Dr. Todd has degrees in agriculture, parasitology & tropical medicine from McGill University and a doctorate [...]

Paul Hawken authors articles, op-eds, and peer-reviewed papers, and has written seven books, including four national bestsellers: The Next Economy (Ballantine 1983), Growing a Business (Simon and Schuster 1987), The Ecology of Commerce (HarperCollins 1993) and Blessed Unrest (Viking, 2007). The Ecology of Commerce was voted in 1998 as the #1 college text on business [...]

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Also known as soil evolution, pedogenesis refers to the process of creating soil. It is a key study are in the science of pedology which is the study of soils in their natural environment.

General prevailing weather conditions of a region including temperature, air pressure, rainfall, humidity, sunshine, cloudiness, snow and winds.

The process that transfers pollen grains from male plants to female plants, a necessary step in reproduction among flowering plants.