climate change

In Uncertain Times, Design for Community

By Alec Appelbaum / On June 16th, 2016
When I think about climate change, I like to look at a photo of my daughter and her two dear friends—not just because of their sweet smiles, but because the photo offers an important clue to how we can design cities to thrive in uncertain times.

Riots and Resilience in Baltimore and Beyond

By Denise Fairchild / On June 14th, 2016
The city exploded in flames. Lives were lost. Billions of dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. Businesses were shuttered forever.

Climate change is making us sick

By Praveen Buddiga, Katrina Peters / On May 3rd, 2016
Climate change is hurting our health — right here and right now. As practicing physicians, we see the impacts on our patients.

Working for a Greener, Fairer Tomorrow

By Kyler Geoffroy / On April 11th, 2016
It’s so easy to fall into the mindset that your job is the most important work in the whole world. Employed as a journalist? You are dedicating your career to uncovering the truth and preserving the freedom of the press! Work at a bank? You handle the money of the masses and are an integral part of how our economy functions. Manage a factory that makes those cardboard pizza boxes?

Building Climate Resilience at the Water's Edge

By Rebecca Wodder / On March 30th, 2016
We live in challenging times. The shocks and stresses of global warming affect every community in one form or another. Rising seas and storm surges swamp coastal communities. Floods and droughts of biblical proportions are visited on city dwellers and farmers alike. Forest fires and landslides follow in the wake of dying trees and barren hillsides. Unfamiliar viruses travel northward with pests whose ranges expand with warmer temperatures
Photo credit: Flock/bandada by Flickr.com user Rafael Edwards

Recovery of the Great Bear?

By Cristina Eisenberg / On December 3rd, 2015
As was the case for other large carnivores in the lower 48 United States, by the 1960s grizzly bears were nearly extinct.

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