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Losing Earth: New York Times Special Feature

August 1, 2018by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Climate Change could have been stopped! The New York Times Magazine this week presents a two-part special feature  on the 10-year period (1979 to 1989) when“we came very close to […]

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Climate change, Disasters, Environment, Photography, Sustainability, Weather
People walk through flood waters of West Houston on Sunday August 27, 2017. Thomas B. Shea Getty Images

Houston Catastrophe: Prediction Becomes Fact

August 30, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Just a month before Hurricane Harvey – now a tropical storm — devastated the Houston/Galveston coastal region, moving on to Louisiana– the Union of Concerned Scientists issued When Rising Seas Hit […]

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Cities, Climate change, Disasters, Environment, Oceans, Rising Waters, Rivers, Sustainability, Weather
Hurricane Harvey from space. Courtesy of NOAA

Hell and High Water Predicted Houston Disaster

August 28, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

A Peabody-award-winning report, Hell and High Water,  on how Texas, and the Houston area in particular, might suffer catastrophic hurricane damage in a future storm, was made public in March […]

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Cities, Climate change, Environment, Netherlands, Rising Waters, Sustainability, Water, Weather
Arno Flooding at the Ponte Vecchio, Florence Italy Nov 1956

Florence Reborn: 50th Anniversary after the Flood

November 9, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

  It’s been 50 years since the Arno River’s banks overflowed, bringing a raging torrent of water, mud,  abandoned vehicles, and dead animals rushing through the narrow streets of Florence’s […]

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Anniversaries, Architecture, Art & Design, Cities, Disasters, Europe, Museums, Photography, Travel
Dar Si Hmad Fog Harvester Morocco

Friday Roundup Apr 1: No foolin’!

April 1, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Friday Roundup April 1: Our stories — how cities and islands may disappear by the end of the century, making water from fog, a 65-year-old “mother” osprey, salmon spawn for […]

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Birds, Cities, Climate change, Environment, Fish, Friday Roundup, International, Oceans, Rising Waters, Science, Water
Shinola marketing piece

Friday Roundup: Feb 26

February 25, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

WELCOME TO FRIDAY ROUNDUP on Green News Update. In our inaugural news roundup, we’re offering a batch of “ups and downs” – sea level rising, Detroit’s Shinola winning hearts and minds, bicycle […]

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China, Cities, Climate change, Environment, Friday Roundup, Museums, Oceans, Photography, Rising Waters, Sustainability

Cities: US Canada Europe 2016

January 19, 2016by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

This month we’re following the water in a half-dozen cities where waterfront redevelopment and new public space amenities are underway to revitalize post-industrial areas, piers and abandoned sites. Come along […]

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Architecture, Art & Design, Cities, Europe, International, Parks, Rivers, Sustainability, Travel, Urban design

Climate Change: New resources for readers

July 23, 2015by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

A new Green News Update resources page –– see our homepage for the link — will feature reports, studies, videos and op-eds in the runup to the COP 21 (Conference of the Parties) in […]

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Climate change, Ecology, Endangered species, Environment, Extinction, Opinions, Rising Waters, Science
Cathedral in Christchurch New Zealand, made of paper tubes, was built after the earthquake and opened in 2013.

Earth Week Heroes 2014: Shigeru Ban Humanitarian Architect

April 20, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

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 […]

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Architecture, Cities, Rising Waters
Water beading on a spiderweb. Courtesy Daniel Ochoa de Olza. Our thanks to AP. All rights reserved.

World Water Day 2014

March 22, 2014by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

March 22 —What did you do on World Water Day? In the week ahead, we’ll look at water consumed for energy use, thanks to a new report from the United Nations. […]

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Climate change, Ecology, Energy, Food, Water

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