News: Sustainability
Don’t look up! Look around.
June 17, 2022The recent Hollywood film Don’t Look Up! satirizes the failure of the US government to grapple effectively with climate change. The movie mocks social, political, […]
Water doesn’t always flow naturally: a human-centered approach to water use and management
March 22, 2022We don’t normally think about how humans influence the flow of water. Typically, how water flows has been depicted by the water cycle (see figure […]
The UN declared a clean environment is a human right. Now what?
December 2, 2021On October 8th, 2021, breaking news that the United Nations Human Rights Council had declared a “safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” as a human […]
Exploiting Ida, Rita, Katrina—and human dignity
October 19, 2021The flood waters of Hurricane Ida have receded, the media circus has moved on, and Anderson Cooper is back in the studio in New York. […]