Conventional plastic bags cannot be recycled due to contamination from pet waste. Even so-called "biodegradable" materials like PLA only break down in industrial composting facilities, often ending up ...

(May 3) Here we go again, dear diary. A fresh notebook with all those blank pages waiting to be filled. Good to be on the way at last. Alleghenies already receding behind us like pale green ripples on ...

There was news this week that Ernest "Chick" Callenbach had died. His 1975 cult-classic, Ecotopia, was beloved by environmentalists and science fiction fans. Originally self-published, it went on to ...

Today, Ernest "Chick" Callenbach's Ecotopia is an established part of publishing's lore of rejected best-sellers. As the Washington Post's wrote in its obituary for Callenbach who passed away earlier ...

Growing up in Northern California during the Reagan era I was what we then called a “Peace Punk.” My friends and I spent weekends protesting, getting strange haircuts, drinking too much – and worrying ...

In the afterword to the 30th-anniversary edition of his 1975 novel, Ernest Callenbach writes, “Looking back, it seems clear that Ecotopia was the first attempt to portray a sustainable society, and ...

North Portland's Albina District was a hub for factories that emitted pollution into one of the few Portland neighborhoods where African Americans were allowed to live early in the 20th century. The ...

This story is part of Fix’s Climate Fiction Issue, which explores how fiction can create a better reality. Check out the full issue here, including the short stories in Fix’s first-ever ...

Ernest "Chick" Callenbach's 1977 novel reminds us how the medium of print shaped the publications and culture of an era. Mr. Callenbach was the first to admit that literary style was not the chief ...

EcoTopia proudly introduces its new tear-free home compostable dog poop bags —an eco-friendly and frustration-free solution for pet waste management that helps reduce the harmful environmental impact ...