Thought Leaders: David W. Orr
Oberlin College’s Sears Distinguished Professor David Orr is eloquent and plainspoken about the state of the world – and the failures of governance to deal with the most meaningful and far-reaching […]
Tag Archives: climate change
National Climate Assessment: Read/Download !
If there is one statement to remember from the just-released National Climate Assessment, it is this: “Evidence of climate change appears in every region [of the US] and impacts are […]
Earth Week Heroes 2014: Dirt is Good!
It took an army of students and volunteers, thousands of bags, and travel to all of the lower 48 states, but the mission is, more or less, complete. “It” is […]
Earth Week Heroes 2014: Shigeru Ban Humanitarian Architect
Tokyo-born Shigeru Ban is a talented, globe-trotting architect, who designs dwellings of elegance and simplicity and notable public commissions (Pompidou Centre-Metz France). But that’s not why he was internationally recognized […]
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
“The world has to adapt – and to mitigate,” so says Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2014, the IPCC Working Group II Contribution […]
Polar Vortex Unveiled
Beautiful but deadly. Here’s what a polar vortex looks like. It is why 100 million people are in bone-chilling, subzero weather today. Great for the Arctic, lousy weather for the […]
Environmental Heroes of 2013
As our environmental heroes of 2013, we selected 10 enduring stories of people – young, old and no longer with us – whose love of the planet, scientific knowledge and […]
Science & Enviro Updates: Earth Week 2013
Earth Week lasts for just 7 days. We have selected 10 enduring stories of people – young, old and no longer with us – whose love of the planet is […]
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