Stephen Andrews is a professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, but his concentration is mainly terrestrial. He’s on Twitter as the compost crusader, and will be  talking to the Santa Rosa Garden Club this afternoon on “The State our Soils,” which in a word, is dry. Before hand, he also spoke with KRCB’s Bruce Robinson.

UC soils professor Stephen Andrews will also be talking about drought, soil and water in the backyard, at the meeting of the Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society in Santa Rosa tomorrow evening.

  An upgraded real-time carpooling app promoted by the Climate Protection Campaign blends social media with carbon cutting in Sonoma County and beyond.

Carma app details and downloads can be found here.

There are a lot of good reasons for recycling. But one that doesn’t come to mind right away is an economic impact. A new study suggests that boosting recycling also increases employment, and today we take a closer look at that connection.

Read more about this issue here.

  Capturing rainwater for yard and garden use is practical and environmental. But it’s not an investment that will pencil out anytime soon.

Below, students at Healdsburg High School installed an eight-barrel catchment system on their campus with support from Guerneville's Blue Barrel Systems.