On Monday January 30th I had the privilege of accompanying the Island Press team on a quest to affect political change.
Island Press Field Notes
For a long time we ecologists thought that we could predict not only how forests would grow but also how their composition was likely to change over time. And we could predict the effects of management actions: for example, If we chose to thin stands of...
Low-income communities and communities of color are likely to be hit first and worst by environmental rollbacks under the Trump administration — but they will also be at the forefront of the fight for climate justice.
Cities and states can step up their efforts to tackle global warming—with or without federal leadership.
Trying to predict how different US cities will be affected by climate change is something like trying to predict the movement of a single molecule in a sea of Brownian motion. Not...
What will happen when thousands of people overwhelm communities? Climate change is mostly a “slow onset” phenomenon. It does, however, generate fast-onset disasters/catastrophes as well. Multiple years of drought slowly debilitate the ecosystem,...
Climate change remains the greatest health challenge of this century — but the candidates aren’t talking about it.
Many of the actions we must take to mitigate climate change-reducing fossil fuel use offer significant benefits for public health.
Understanding the centuries-long abolitionist movement offers insight into the vision, the structural changes, the personal commitments, the political struggles, and the global movement required to stave off catastrophic climate change.
The access issue touches all of us. From the cancer patient wanting to read up on her disease to the community organizers whose groundwater is tainted with solvents, the seaside city planner wanting the latest climate change models, and the high school...