Kale Roberts, Contributor and Former Editor
Kale Roberts is a former renewable energy beat editor for MOTHER EARTH NEWS and contributing writer. He supports cities across the U.S. to manage greenhouse gas emissions and develop climate action plans with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and is a member of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals. His previous roles have been as Climate Change Adaptation Support with the United Nations Development Programme in the Asia-Pacific region, a Program Coordinator for the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program in Northern California, and building home-scale biogas digesters as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Kingdom of Thailand (2010-2012). He was a Rachel Carson Scholar at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy from 2014 – 2016 (M.S., Climate Science & Policy). Kale is based in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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Read Kale’s MOTHER EARTH NEWS articles:
- First Nations Garden (Spring 2021)
- Falconry for Agricultural Pest Abatement (October/November 2020)
- Bloomington Community Orchard Brings Abundance to the Commons (Mother Earth Gardener, Fall 2020)
- Oldest Victory Garden in the U.S. Thrives (Mother Earth Gardener, Summer 2020)
- A Mollusk Proposal: Home-scale Escargot (Dec 2019/Jan 2020 issue)
- Local Energy Resilience with Community Microgrids (June/July 2019 issue)
- Green Goats Organic Mowing Service (February/March 2019 issue)
- Custom Furniture Company Builds with Salvaged Wood (June/July 2017 issue)
- The Carbon Market’s Role in Combating Climate Change (June/July 2016 issue)
- An Impressive Passive Solar Home Design (June/July 2016 issue)
- Renewable Energy is Not Always ‘Green’: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectric Reservoirs
- Cost of Renewable Energy Now Competitive with Cost of Fossil Fuels (April/May 2015 issue)
- Drought and Climate Change: New Report Predicts What’s Ahead (June/July 2015 issue)
- Compare Solar Prices on ‘EnergySage’
- Distributed Energy: Powering the Electricity Grid Together
- Grow Warm-Weather Plants Year-Round with a Chinese Greenhouse
- Farm Labor Exposé Earns 2013 James Beard Award
- 65 Tips to Save Money Through Self-Reliance (February/March 2014 issue)
- Green Sports Alliance Brings Sustainability to the Sports Industry
- New Wave-Energy Project in Oregon
- Find a Community-Supported Fishery
- Illegal Front-Yard Vegetable Gardens: Des Moines Considers Home Garden Ban
- Energy-Efficient LED Lighting Hits the Streets: 95 Percent of Cities Satisfied
- How to Check for Seed Viability (with Video)
