I am the first Durham MEM student set to participate in what will hopefully grow into a strong reciprocal exchange with Duke’s sister school in Kunshan, China.
A Double-edged Sword & a Look to the Future
I came to realize that “it’s complicated” adequately describes almost everything I’ve encountered in relation to Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project.
Climate Damages Lawsuits: A trip down memory lane
A lot of the costs of climate change will be borne by society at large, through taxes and insurance premiums.
Ben Siegelman
Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, travel
Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, travel
Native Trees and Weeping Fish: the Bisaya Environmentalism of Rose Abejero
For Rose Abejero, a poet and environmentalist, livelihoods are not only the cause of destruction but the reason for protection. She’s just one example of the many perspectives that have reshaped my own this summer.
No Country for Clean Cars
In light of this assault on an environmental policy that did its job, what can a despairing environmentalist do?
Plastic Safari
Although untouched remains a myth and pristine has ceased to exist, the remote stunning nature of the African wilderness is what draws people near and far. The ubiquity of plastic is not something new.
Dirty Talk: Brownfields and Contaminated Lands
Contaminated sites are often synonymous to barren, unproductive eye-sores. However, these sites hold tremendous potential to be transformed into assets that could propel Hawaii into a clean energy future.
Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
You can’t have a rainbow without a little rain
I recognized that I will always have to work to gain people’s trust and sometimes it won’t feel good. It will require me to reflect deeply, un-learn to re-learn, and be wholly uncomfortable.
Last Drop: An Update on the Cape Town Water Crisis
With environmental news perpetually disheartening, the tragedy that struck Cape Town filled me not with discouragement nor worry, but rather hope.
Reflections
As my internship ended, I thought about this project and how it still feels incomplete. There are hundreds more stories needing to be told, people eager to be given a voice.