Houston’s landscape of chemical infrastructure seemed pretty normal to me, growing up. The vast arrays of storage tanks and refineries sprawling east of Downtown were exotic — a point of fascination on the rare occasionContinue reading
Satellite Park Launches at the Duke Arts Annex
A partnership between Duke, Durham organizations and local artists has transformed some abandoned telecom infrastructure into a cool new public space.
Sustainable Sweetness: WGELA Brings Bean-to-Bar Chocolate to Campus
A student-run group’s recent on-campus chocolate tasting was a window into the difficulties and rewards of running a business committed to environmental sustainability.
The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Paris Accord
Environmental protection is often painted as an opposite to economic growth. And in the most simplistic sense, this framing has some truth to it. Totally unchecked growth, with no regard for environmental impact, only makesContinue reading
Tear Down the Ivory Walls: Connecting Human, Livestock and Ecosystem Health
The One Health framework tackles environmental health problems that don’t fall neatly into traditional academic divisions
Building Resilient Structures – Physical and Social – in a Changing World
The NCSE conference showed me that promoting a sustainable built environment will mean finding creative responses to trends in the policy world, as well.
New Year’s Eve in the City of Oaks
Aside from taking in Raleigh’s New Year’s celebrations, I came back to the Triangle for the rest of winter break hoping to straighten out my schedule and commitments for the semester
Post-Harvey Houston on the Rise
In Houston’s most flood-prone neighborhoods, hard questions linger in the background of any conversation about Hurricane Harvey and recovery.
A Visit to Cherokee and the Blue Ridge Mountains
My first chance to get to know more of the North Carolina landscape, and the rich history kept alive in Cherokee.
Rewriting the Uncertainty Story (High Water, Bad Math and Explosions, Pt. 2)
Good science storytelling can’t be at the expense of accuracy. But the science can be a powerful enough story on its own, if we can learn to tell it well.