Posts
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‘Building’ Sustainability for Buildings
As part of the Spring 2020 Speaker Series, the CEO of Urban Green Council spoke to students about policy solutions to improve energy efficiency in buildings.
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Bringing Sustainability Into the Restoration of an Architectural Jewel
Professor Lynnette Widder was recently featured in an article about how she integrated sustainability into her restoration of a historic home in upstate New York.
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What We Can Do to Preserve Our Cleaner Air
How you can fight air pollution in your neighborhood and your home.
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Earth Institute Announces Resilience Media Project
The project will boost newsroom capacity to go beyond reporting on disasters after they strike, to envision preventative and adaptive solutions.
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The Necessity of New York City’s Parks
A functioning park system helps address a wide variety of sustainability and social problems.
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Potentially Fatal Combinations of Humidity and Heat Are Emerging Across the Globe
A new study has identified thousands of incidents of previously rare or unprecedented extreme heat/humidity combinations in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America, including in the U.S. Gulf Coast region.
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Interactive Map: Daily Maximum Wet-Bulb Temperature
View an interactive world map that shows where extreme, sometimes potentially fatal, mixtures of heat and humidity are emerging across the globe.
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How Philanthropic Organizations are Addressing Coronavirus Around the World
The repercussions of COVID-19 are being felt around the world. A variety of forms of philanthropy have surfaced in response.
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Clay Layers and Distant Pumping Trigger Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh Groundwater
Widely considered a screen against contamination, clay layers may actually enhance arsenic leakage into some aquifers, study finds.
