Magazine

By Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy rainfall. Paradoxical, though, are possible ties between climate change and the recent spate of […]

By Deepak Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Vijay Singh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The aviation industry produces 2 percent of global human-induced carbon dioxide emissions. This share may seem relatively small – for perspective, electricity generation and home heating account for more than 40 percent

By Max Moritz, University of California, Santa Barbara Wildfires raging across southern California are causing evacuations of many communities and have destroyed hundreds of structures this month. These fires follow the wind-driven Tubbs fire earlier this fall that blasted through densely urbanized neighborhoods in Northern California, causing dozens of fatalities and thousands of home losses.

By Gary Griggs,University of California, Santa Cruz and Charles Lester,University of California, Santa Cruz The California coast is an edge. It’s the place where 1,100 miles of shoreline meets the largest ocean on the planet. Many different forces collide there, and a lot of exciting things happen. The coast is a geological edge, zippered to

An Interview with Alison Suffet Diaz Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS), a growing network of schools that provides a meaningful education for youth in the underserved communities of South Los Angeles. How did you come to create a charter school? When I was growing up, I

An Interview with Tony Knight, Ed.D. Tony Knight has served as a public school teacher and administrator for 38 years. The Oak Park School District, under his leadership, was named the first U.S. Green Ribbon School District in California. He is a scuba diver, underwater photographer and sailor and serves on the NOAA Channel Islands

An Interview with Timothy Baird Timothy Baird, Ed.D. is the superintendent of the Encinitas Union School District and a member of the state’s Environmental Literacy Steering Committee. His district-wide efforts to implement sustainable practices and cultivate environmental stewardship have received statewide and national recognition, including a Green Ribbon District award from the U.S. Department of

An Interview with Will Parish Will Parish is a credentialed public high school science educator with a 30-year record of innovative accomplishments in the environmental and educational fields. He taught environmental science and civics at Gateway High School in San Francisco, and now serves on their board. He served on the California State Board of

By Caleb Finch, University of Southern California and Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease that eventually strips sufferers of their ability to remember, communicate and live independently. By 2050, it is projected to affect nearly 14 million Americans and their families, with an economic cost of one trillion dollars

By Reilly Loveland [otw_shortcode_divider margin_top_bottom=”30″ text_position=”otw-text-left”][/otw_shortcode_divider] [Editor’s note: Reilly Loveland will be a presenter at a half-day Pre-Summit workshop on Zero Net Energy school retrofits on November 27, at the 2017 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit in Pasadena, California. This session is open to all attendees at no cost. Details here.] [otw_shortcode_divider margin_top_bottom=”30″