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The Last Mountain: The Hidden Secrets of Big Coal in America
After watching The Last Mountain, a documentary directed by Bill Haney, you might want a stiff ROOT drink. It is unbelievably disturbing how dependent our country still is on ... Read More
JULY/AUGUST EXHIBITION: AN IMPERFECT UNION by THE HEADS of STATE
AN IMPERFECT UNION A Re-Illustration of the Civil War By The Heads of State July 1st – August 28th, 2011 As we celebrate our nation's independence this July, we are also reminded of ... Read More
Philadelphia’s History of Neglect for Public Parks
When William Penn laid out the street grid for the city, he gave Philadelphia the gift of five public squares. Yet it seems from the city's earliest days that ... Read More
Issue 4 of the long awaited Manzine has just arrived at Art in the Age! A publication focused on the male phenomenon, featuring: grudge walking and polite driving, mountaineering boots, nuclear ... Read More
Recycled Fracking Wastewater Poses Toxic Risk
As drilling for natural gas started to climb sharply about 10 years ago, energy companies faced mounting criticism over an extraction process that involves pumping millions of gallons of water ... Read More
Launched in February 2007, Monocle is a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design. Developed for an international audience hungry for information across a variety of sectors, ... Read More
Walmart Retreats From Civil War Battlefield
A Civil War victory was recently declared, 150 years after the end of the deadliest war in American History. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. abruptly retreated from plans to build a Supercenter ... Read More
Aldo Leopold: Elder of the Tribe
“What I am trying to make clear, is that if in a city we had six vacant lots available to the youngsters of a certain neighborhood for playing ball, it ... Read More
150th Anniversary of the Civil War: Portraits
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War (1861-1865), and at Art in the Age we are excited to commemorate this historic turning point in our nations ... Read More
BBC Discussion: The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION on the BBC MEDIA PLAYER The Industrial Revolution, or roughly the period of time from 1750-1830, wrought myriad and lasting chances to the infrastructure of both British ... Read More
Duck Boats Threaten Schuylkill Waterfront
Since opening in 2004, the Schuylkill Banks waterfront park has been embraced by the public as a popular jogging and walking trail. Activists worked hard to pressure the Street administration ... Read More
New Law Allows for Inner-City Farming
When you think of West Philadelphia the first things that come to mind probably aren't tomatoes, okra and peas. That's about to change, however, with this year's Pennsylvania Abandoned and ... Read More
An Urgent Message from Food Democracy Now!
Join Michael Pollan & Eric Schlosser in urging your Senators to pass the Tester-Hagan Amendment to protect family farmers! Click here to call your Senators Now! Yesterday we made over 3,000 ... Read More
The Economic Perplexities of Urban Agriculture
A recent Financial Times Article, "Multi-storey farms in a city centre near you" sheds light on the political and economic implications of building large-scale, impactful vertical farms in urban centers. ... Read More
OUTRAGE: WSJ…Americans <3 Fracking?!
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial comments on hydraulic fracturing in the Northeast. Holman Jenkins refers to hydraulic fracturing/"fracking" as a "new industry" in light of increased land holdings of ... Read More
Gambling Away the Battlefields
Desperate times often call for desperate measures. However, the recent proposal to build a casino bordering the historic Gettysburg, PA battlegrounds shows just how low PA government will go to ... Read More
Gasland: A Documentary by Josh Fox
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. Fox's grassroots research is ... Read More
Family Farming: The End of an Era
After 378 years and multiple generations, the Tuttle family farm in Dover, N.H. is up for sale. Founded by English settler John Tuttle, who arrived in the New World ... Read More
Officials recently dedicated a new fish ladder at the Black Rock Sanctuary in Phoenixville and also a trail with interactive stations around the river basin. The ladder, ... Read More
CAUSE: Historic Gettysburg Casi-NO!!!
Pennsylvania businessman David LeVan (former Conrail CEO) has again brought a proposal before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for Mason Dixon Resort & Casino, a slots and table games establishment ... Read More
The Bad and The Ugly: Gas Drilling Continues in PA
On Thursday June 3, Natural gas and polluted wastewater blasted out of a well in Northwestern Pennsylvania for 16 hours before being contained Friday. It is estimated that ... Read More
After a year of gloomy bake sales and fund-raisers, bakers are on their way to passing a bill to lift the ban on home-baked goods. It’s hard to imagine that ... Read More
STOP PA BUDGET CUTS: Save the Olympia!
During these dismal economic times, the Pennsylvania state government has been looking to cut their budget in any way possible. Sadly it’s Pennsylvania’s great historic properties that are ... Read More
Grocery Store Truths: Organic Corporations
Ever wonder who owns the farms producing the certified organic products you buy at most grocery stores? Chances are it’s no longer the family farm that’s been passed down through ... Read More
Happy Birthday, Ralph Waldo Emerson!
On this day (May 25) in 1803, the essayist, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Today we know him as on of the "Founding Fathers" ... Read More
CAUSE UPDATE: Moratorium on Drilling Passes in the House
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed H.B. 2235 last week, a bill demanding a moratorium on further leases of state parks for natural gas drilling. Initiated by Haverford democrat Greg ... Read More
Organic Farming for the World?
image from BUSINESSWEEK.COM Among the debates over the movement toward organic and sustainable farming, the most contentious refers to the movement's scalability – could it work for the whole world? Is ... Read More
New Urbanism: Why The ‘Burbs Are Losing
For much of the previous century, American cities were perceived as dangerous and unsustainable, and a steady flight ensued to the safety and cookie-cutter shopping plazas of suburban areas. In ... Read More
Resist Funding Cuts to PA Historical Sites!
While states across the country are slashing funds for their parks and historical sites – "the most aggressive threat and dismantling to state preservation programs everywhere," according to Adrian Fine, ... Read More
CAUSE REPORT: Stop Natural Gas Drilling in PA!
Over a mile below the earth's surface in many regions of Pennsylvania, there is a mostly untapped reservoir of natural gas in a type of dark rock form known as ... Read More
EARTH DAY 1970: A Question of Survival, EARTH DAY 2010: A Question of Sustainability
This planet is threatened with destruction and we who live in it with death. The heavens reek. The waters below are foul. Children die in infancy. And we and the ... Read More
Peepoo, and the Frontiers of Wastefulness
In the last few decades, the human race has made great strides to combat its unprecedented wastefulness, recycling, reducing, reusing, etc. Nonetheless, a final frontier has persisted unchallenged: that most ... Read More
Peter Menzel’s “What the World Eats”
We've spent the last hour poring over a fascinating series on Time's website by the California photojournalist Peter Menzel. In 2005 Menzel took a photographic survey of the diets of ... Read More
Whole Foods Health Plan – The Whole Answer?
As the obesity pandemic shows no sign of waning and government responses remain ineffectual, local interventions – variously simpleminded, whimsical, and inspired – are proliferating. In particular, John Mackey’s new ... Read More
Recent émigrés from the Keystone State - as well as keen environmentalists - we at the AITA Farm are aghast at recent developments that threaten our state's natural splendor. Recent months have ... Read More
SVF Farm: Saving Heritage Breeds in Newport, RI
Earlier this month the Times printed a feature on the Swiss Village Foundation, a pioneering conservation project located on a historic farm in Newport, RI. The SVF is working to ... Read More
Think Locally, Act Locally: SEECLICKFIX In YOUR City!
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent... and His/Her Community! How can one voice be heard in a sea of urban chaos? ... Read More
PHOTO TOUR: The Gilman Forest – Tamworth, NH
Invigorating news to report! 68% of the fundraising goal for The Gilman Forest Preservation Project, undertaken by the Tamworth Conservation Commission, has been reached! The Commission is more than halfway ... Read More
NO PASSING ZONE: Can America Slowwwww Dowwwn During Lean Times?
For as long as I can remember, industrial and economic efficiency was synonymous with speed. Fast food, fast cash, Disney FastPass, Instant Savings, Instant Rebate, Quick Oats?, Minute Rice? Frankly, the list ... Read More
Gilman Forest UPDATE: 65% of Project Goal Reached!
According to The Tamworth Conservation Commission, 65% of the fundraising goal for preserving the Gilman Forest has been reached as of September 15! They have until May 1, 2010 to ... Read More
CULTURE TAX: Frankly, My Dear Pennsylvania…WTF?!
Last week, The New York Times reported an enraging tidbit in the Arts section. Hold onto your knickers, all ye citizens of The Keystone State... A provision in the newly-agreed-upon state ... Read More
KEEP NH FOREST UNDEVELOPED: Art In The Age Helps To Protect The Gilman Forest
New Hampshire is one of the most unique states in the union in that it has one of the highest percentages of undeveloped forest (85%, topped only by Maine at ... Read More
The G20 Summit and ROOT Hit Pittsburgh!
Pittsburgh may forever be known as The Steel City, but who says that’s necessarily a bad thing? Steel is strong, persevering, and a foundation for many great structures—just like Pittsburgh ... Read More
ROOT and Gettysburg: PA’s Next Power Couple
Not since Philadelphia's favorite Ben Franklin impersonator, Ralph Archibald, wed Betsy Ross impersonator Linda Wilde has the fair state of Pennsylvania witnessed the marriage of such a historical power couple. That's ... Read More
Only YOU Can Save Civil War History in Philadelphia!
CIVIL WAR MUSEUM SOUNDS ALARM ON LEAVING PHILA & TWO WEEKS NOTICE: CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS MAY LEAVE PHILLY These were the headlines of 2 disturbing articles published in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday. THE ... Read More
VIDEO: A 4th of July Parade, New England Style!
Fourth of July like I'd never experienced before! A tractor/bike/pickup truck parade down Main Street, followed by a Jazz Band and festival at the elementary school. Read More
Famous Happenings in New Hampshire
I've been consuming reading material on the history of Tamworth, NH with the same ferocity that I approached an ice cream sundae earlier this evening... In the case of the reading, ... Read More
Alright, I need to begin with an admission. While sitting in the Thomas Paine panel discussion last Monday, what most struck me was how little I knew—and, actually, still do ... Read More
A Relevant Summer Reading List thus far: Look To The Mountain by LeGrand Cannon, Jr. Summer Cottages In The White Mountains by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. Great Hill Farm is featured in here... Country ... Read More
WE WANT YOU: To Help Change The American Automobile Industry, 50 Miles At A Time
It's short notice, but we would like to draw your attention to a very determined individual who NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE in order to embark upon a very worthy, very cool ... Read More
"Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages ... Read More
