Underwater
I grew up in Boston in the 70s and 80s, not too far away from where Thoreau once lived. My family shared his belief that nature was a vehicle towards transcendence— that spending time quietly contemplating the land, sea, and
We need to invest in Climate Justice to achieve sustainability
Seattle is a progressive city, known for its record-breaking growth, technological innovations, interest in a sustainable future and a willingness to embrace change. Our community has incredible assets and we are riding an unprecedented wave of prosperity, growth and new
Seattle, WA: Advocating for what’s right, inventing the future
In Seattle, we are many things. We are innovators, environmentalists, business leaders, technology champions, and fierce advocates for what’s right. As I like to say, Seattle is city which invents the future, and we have long been a world-wide leader
A Phoenix from the Trashes
What Impact Does Voluntary Work Really Make? There appears to be few stories which can truly return a smile to one’s face nowadays, between the end of the world and our impenitent shaping of the world of the end, it is
Our Ocean, Our Future: global action to achieve SDG 14
We live at a time when accumulated human activity has begun changing the fundament within which we exist. Thanks to our greenhouse gas emissions, the atmosphere is warming and with it the Ocean. These same greenhouse gases are also making
Molekule’s Air Pollutants Destroyer
Larger cities all share a problem in exchange for their densely packed benefits: air pollution. Molekule, an air purification company, seeks to solve this issue by using their technology to destroy the impurities, which is a new approach compared to
Sailing to Discover our Plastic Oceans
EDITOR's Note: The original version of this article was published in UN Chronicle and may be found here. I was woken in the middle of the night by a thud on the hull of our boat. We rushed up on deck
Accounting for Pollution: Greening the SDGs
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word pollution? Billowing dark clouds rising out of a smokestack at a local factory. Thousands of cars on a highway adding to the smog layer above. Or maybe the
Mexico City: Redefining Urban Fabric
Mexico City and its Metropolitan Area constitute one of the largest urban areas in the world. The lack of planning in its urban development has resulted in the sustained growth of the peripheries, increasing the problem of uneven distribution of
Contamination, Part I: The Largest Poisoning of a Population in History
How is a small town in New England like a small town in Bangladesh? In 1998, a problem caught the attention of a team of researchers at Columbia University. They took a closer look. What they saw led them to join