Hurricane News

By Jill K. Robinson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 9:34 AM ET

How do you fix the hurricane-trampled mangrove forests on a tropical island? Get in a kayak and plant thousands of trees, one at a time. Read More

More like this in: Beaches, Deforestation, Caribbean, Honduras, Coral Reef, Plants, Kayak, Erosion

By Lisa Germinsky | Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 PM ET

And the countdown continues! Our penultimate installment of Tonic's first 50 Most Beautiful People list will make you drool. Guaranteed. Read More

More like this in: Children, Education, Schools, Philanthropy, Afghanistan, Mexico, Farmers Market, Hurricane Katrina, Entrepreneurship, Labor, Congo

By Darragh Worland | Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:46 PM ET

Surfers in the South Pacific, caught at on the water when last week's earthquakes caused deadly tsunamis, describe how they rode to safety. Read More

More like this in: Water, Death, New Zealand, Vacation, Daily Mail, Islands, Surfing

By Wynter Mitchell | Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:52 AM ET

Back by popular demand, a Virginian theater owner revives his eco-film festival series Read More

More like this in: Sierra Club, Organic, Farmers, Japan, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Virginia, Activism

By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:56 PM ET

Where some floundered, it's full steam ahead for foundations. Read More

More like this in: Hurricane Katrina, Community Development, Gulf Coast, Ford Foundation

By Wynter Mitchell | Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:49 AM ET

I have a feeling that if Brad Pitt did run and win to be the next Mayor of New Orleans, the city would never go hungry again. Read More

More like this in: Brad Pitt, Google, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Today Show, Minnesota, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Day, Ronald Reagan, Make It Right, Ann Curry

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:52 PM ET

Locals ban together to make post-Katrina reconstruction efforts work for city residents. Read More

More like this in: Brad Pitt, Entrepreneur, New Orleans, Make it Right Foundation

By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Aug 3, 2009 4:00 PM ET

The fate of underground nematodes could foretell the impact of global warming. Read More

More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, Florida, biodiversity, Alaska, Arctic

By Lisa Germinsky | Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:31 PM ET

Texas librarians show their will side for a good cause. Read More

More like this in: Texas, Hurricane Katrina, Austin, Tattoos

By David Jenison | Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:48 PM ET

The incarcerated Peach State rapper keeps the music coming Read More

More like this in: Music, Atlanta, Activism