The conscience of a graphic novelist
Given the imperative of fast action on climate, 2018 must be a year that prioritizes decisions rather than simply adds more detail to a story…
Given the imperative of fast action on climate, 2018 must be a year that prioritizes decisions rather than simply adds more detail to a story…
Can a new initiative from Daniel Doctoroff and Google advance the civic conversation on climate change?
In recent years, science and policy have been catching up with Andrew Willner’s vision for a sustainable harbor.
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Public opinion lags scientific understanding of climate, and so our political system doesn’t move fast enough. A new book offers ideas to change that around.
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to price carbon, solve climate change, and to do it in a way that crosses American political barriers. Founded by a Texan, after the creek behind his childhood home dried up.
Will solar panels soon become as iconic to New York’s rooftops as the ubiquitous water tower?
Gernot Wagner is an economist who focuses on what he doesn’t know. Tail events, the black swans, the unknown unknowns. The future.
Can global finance rapidly shift gears to trigger a new wave of sustainable investing?
In a country where the president has been forced to work around Congress on climate strategy, the onus may be on local governments to take the challenge of long-term climate planning into their own hands. And local governments around the U.S. and the globe seem to be attempting just that, according to the results of the Urban Climate Change Governance Survey.
Can the sharing economy help solve global problems like climate change?
When a New York City broker recently sold a condo in the opulent One57 building for $6.5 million to a Chinese woman, he expected her to move…
Although no coffee beans are grown in Manhattan, for many reasons it is truly the coffee island. Rachel Northrop brings us on a big apple tour behind the bean.
After the storm, Kaizhong Huang’s take on sustainability in the national arena
Trade School is New York’s unique creative barter-for-knowledge program. Classes are continuing through March and into April, and creating a class of your own is possible too.
The Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) organized an event that took place yesterday at Green Spaces to discuss the trend of collaborative consumption, which was identified by Time in 2010 as one of the 10 ideas that will change the world. The talk was moderated by Roo Rogers, founder of Ozolab and panelists included the entrepreneurs Jen Abrams, Our Goods; Ron J. Williams, SnapGoods; Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives;
City Forward presents data on the three largest cities in America: New York City, Los Angelos, and Chicago.Source: cityforward.org, via City Atlas