Willy Blackmore
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Hope, ME, United States
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This Could Be The End Of The Classic Paper Coffee Cup
We toss 260 billion paper cups in the trash every year. These coffee shops have a better solution. → Read More
How trees can be a bellwether for climate change — and what comes after
Lauren Oakes' “In Search of the Canary Tree” is an effort to push past the vulnerability, fear and helplessness that many — scientists included — feel in the face of climate change. → Read More
In not writing memoir, John McPhee has hit upon its truer form
Longtime New Yorker writer John McPhee’s preoccupation with structure has changed the experience of reading his work—especially in 'The Patch,' a new collection of essays that is half traditional, half a quilted innovation. → Read More
Street food is legal, but vendors could still be squeezed as new rules are worked out
L.A. city attorneys are working out the details of a directive that will protect immigrants who entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. But proponents worry wealthy neighborhoods could "red-line" the rules. → Read More
Saving the world one plant at a time in 'The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species' by Carlos Magdalena
For an avowed plant geek it is fascinating to follow Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens in England as he travels from remote Australian billabongs full of rare water lilies to the dry forests of western Peru to collect plants rare and endangered. → Read More
An American wolf in Yellowstone – LA Times
In "American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West," writer Nate Blakeslee vividly evokes the lives of wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after 70 years, and the natural and political economies that they roiled. → Read More
Mexican Artist Rafa Esparza's Physical Representation of Immigrant Nostalgia
Rafa Esparza's adobe installations serve as a backdrop for the work of others, but they also tell Esparza's own story—and that of his immigrant parents. → Read More
The Slideshow That Wants to Save the World
For 15 years, Al Gore's Keynote presentation has brought greater awareness to climate change. But can it change minds? → Read More
Refilling Silver Lake Reservoir is inexcusably wasteful. Better to live with an empty pit
Demanding precious water for an outdated, offline reservoir is the ultimate version of complaining about the neighbor's dead lawn. → Read More
With Yes Plz, Locol's fast food revolution comes for coffee
Locol's new affordable coffee company, Yes Plz. → Read More
'Lucky Peach' Has Always Made Us Understand What's Behind the Latest Trends
Their latest cookbook, 'All About Eggs', is no exception. → Read More
Grand Central Market favorite China Café (the won ton soup place) gets an upgrade
Since he was about 8 years old, Victor Salgado has been going to Grand Central Market almost every week. Thirty years ago, his mother would take him to downtown Los Angeles from their home in Hollywood to go shopping for vegetables at the market, where the prices were low and the produce was fresh. A live mariachi band would play every weekend, the floor was strewn with sawdust, and there were… → Read More
Soda Taxes Win Big on Election Night
Four more cities will levy an additional charge on sugar-sweetened beverages. → Read More
A New Beer Offers a First Taste of the Grain of the Future
Patagonia Provisions' Long Root Ale is the first commercial product ever made with the perennial grain kernza. → Read More
The People’s Cheeseburger
The most important fast food restaurant in America is a radical burger joint in Watts → Read More
Gatorade Is Going Organic, but Will Its New Product Be Any Healthier?
G Organic still contains a lot of sugar. → Read More
After a Decade of Decline, Americans Are Eating More Meat Again
But there are some signs of hope in the new ways people go about consuming animal protein. → Read More
‘Bee-Friendly’ Gardens Are Finally Becoming Safe for Bees
The number of commercially sold plants treated with neonic pesticides has declined significantly since 2013. → Read More
When a City Passes a Soda Tax, Who Pays?
Taxes are levied against beverage distributors—but if the costs aren't passed along to consumers, the policies don't work. → Read More
Italian Politicians Want to Make Raising Vegan Kids a Crime
Proposed legislation would put parents in jail for forcing a meatless diet on their children. → Read More