Jon Miller

Kings of the American Road, then and now. 40 years after the Arab Oil Embargo, American driving habits are slowly changing.

America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock

The Arab oil embargo of 1973-'74 changed the way Americans thought about driving, at least for a little while. Now 40 years later, it's changing again.

America may finally be learning the lessons of the 1970s oil shock
Bon Appétit's low-carbon food plan calls for putting vegetables at the center of the plate. Making the plate smaller cuts down on waste.

Cafeteria lunch: Industrial kitchens dish out climate-friendly cuisine

Cafeteria lunch: Industrial kitchens dish out climate-friendly cuisine

GMO lunch? Uganda considers disease-resistant cassava

GMO lunch? Uganda considers disease-resistant cassava
An artist’'s rendering of a full-scale commercial low-input desert agriculture facility. Project’s designers say the concept should work in any low-altitude desert area near a large source of salt water.

Desert lunch: Coaxing climate-friendly food from the world's driest places

Desert lunch: Coaxing climate-friendly food from the world's driest places
Kampala Entrepreneur Charles Mulamata is developing low-cost technology to produce fish, like this tilapia, and vegetables in a largely closed-loop system.

Aquaponic lunch: Pushing super-efficient fish & veggie farming in Uganda

Aquaponic lunch: Pushing super-efficient fish & veggie farming in Uganda

Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock

Demand for animal protein is surging, and so are the environmental costs of producing it. So researchers in the Netherlands are exploring alternatives to livestock, from insects to faux cuts of beef to lab-grown meat.

Alt-meat lunch: In the Netherlands, a lab for low-impact alternatives to livestock