summer 2015

Bee-Savers We Love: Meet the Scientist Breeding More Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)

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Miles wrote this article for the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Magazine. Published online at http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/make-it-right/meet-the-scientist-breeding-more-resilient-bees-and-four-other-people-working-to-save-the-pollinators Reprinted by Truthout, Resilience, Alternet, and The Seattle Star. Marla Spivak: Breeding bees to detect disease   In 1974, a bored teenager picked up a book about bees in the library. Immediately fascinated by bees and the people who loved … Continue reading Bee-Savers We Love: Meet the Scientist Breeding More Resilient Bees (And 4 Other People Working to Save the Pollinators)

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Yes, But How? 5 Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow In Your Backyard

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Miles wrote this article for the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Magazine. Published online at http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/make-it-right/five-medicinal-herbs-you-can-grow-in-your-backyard At its core, most of medicine is still herbology, according to Dr. Jenn Dazey, naturopathic physician at Bastyr University's Department of Botanical Medicine. And growing your own medicinal garden is easier than it might seem. In fact, you might … Continue reading Yes, But How? 5 Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow In Your Backyard

Audio: Desmond Tutu and His Daughter, Mpho, On How the U.S. Can Heal From Racial Wounds

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Miles wrote this article for http://www.yesmagazine.org and produced the audio segments from an interview conducted by Sarah van Gelder and Fania Davis for the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Magazine. Originally published at http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/desmond-mpho-tutu-interview   These audio samples are part of an interview conducted for "Make It Right," the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Click here … Continue reading Audio: Desmond Tutu and His Daughter, Mpho, On How the U.S. Can Heal From Racial Wounds

The Page That Counts: Less than 1 Percent of Sweden’s Garbage Ends Up at the Dump

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Miles wrote this article for the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Magazine. Published online at http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/make-it-right/the-page-that-counts-summer-2015   Number of bike trips in the United States in 2001: 3,314,000,000 Number of bike trips in the United States in 2009: 4,081,000,000 (1) Increase in biking as a share of personal trips for white Americans, 2001–2009: 20% Increase … Continue reading The Page That Counts: Less than 1 Percent of Sweden’s Garbage Ends Up at the Dump