by Sven | Apr 17, 2017 | articles, news, print, writing
My original TNOC article The Real Dirt on Urban Compost got republished in the Spring/Summer 2017 Zero Waste issue of Sustain, the Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development’s journal of environmental and sustainability issues. My article...
by Sven | Dec 12, 2013 | articles, online, writing
If you care about the environment, it’s easy to get frustrated these days. No matter how hard you try to be part of the solution — from personal choices like growing your own food or ditching your car, to signing petitions, becoming involved in community projects, or...
by Sven | May 21, 2013 | online, reviews, writing
Matador Travel Network just posted my review of Jeremy Irons’ new documentary film, Trashed. The film connects many important issues, from consumerism to the Pacific Garbage Patch to climate change to Zero Waste. Trashed: A messy journey into the bowels of...
by Sven | Jan 28, 2013 | in the news
Last Friday, PBS NewsHour aired a segment on the San Francisco composting program with myself and my partner Deb starring in the roles of resident composters. Here’s the final piece, Deb and I appear at about 2:10, but it’s worth watching the whole thing to...
by Sven | Apr 24, 2012 | articles, online, reporting, writing
Where No City Has Gone Before: San Francisco Will Be World’s First Zero-Waste Town by 2020 A future without landfills? SF is already 78% of the way there — but the hardest part is still ahead.
