I was excited to to visit a local Foxconn manufacturing facility, which offered a glimpse into the world of heavy industry (and related policy issues) that helped draw me toward coming to China.
Storms, Fires and Planetary Perspective
The idea of tight connections between human activity, the natural world and the changing health of both is at the core of the field of Planetary Health, a relatively new field of study in which I am taking a course this semester at DKU.
Language Lessons
Everyone I have met at Kunshan, staff and students alike, has been extremely helpful, sympathetic, and generous. I couldn’t have navigated the past week without that generosity, and that is humbling.
Airport Interlude on the Road to DKU (昆山杜克大学)
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.
Illuminating Risk: New Horizons in Toxics Assessment
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.