Category: environmental health

Anne Martin
July 6, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water

San Juan Islands

Heading out of San Francisco, my boyfriend and I met my parents in Washington state for a five-day sea kayaking trip in the San Juan Islands. We’d been hoping to meet them up there inContinue reading

Anne Martin
June 30, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, environmental health, ESC, travel

Beginnings of an Adventure

First days on the road!

Anne Martin
May 27, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel, water

A New Year

I’m ready to go as far and for as long as we can. My only expectation is to come back different.

Anne Martin
April 28, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, travel

Lessons from Woods

I still have hope that each generation may be wiser than the last, that there are people of all nations committed to making this world home again. I’m open to letting a dream carry us into the future…convinced that real change may come in acts of healing.

Anne Martin
April 26, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water

Lessons from the Road

Be it the vision of the Amazon, or a view from the shore of a different sea…soil of a different texture or a tree with bark made of colors we have never before witnessed…a language we don’t know or a new alignment of the stars…may we be thankful for the time to reflect, and the chance to stand in wonder of life, to bask in the newness…thankful for the reminder that we are alive.

Anne Martin
April 11, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water

The Sour Side of Pineapple Production

Costa Rica has developed an international reputation for being an especially green, environmentally-minded country. It’s reforestation efforts, extensive national park system, wildlife protections, and renewable energy goals have made it a leader in environmental management.

Unfortunately, the agricultural and food production practices employed by the country’s large-scale producers (and increasingly many small-scale producers as well) are not aligned with these policies.

Anne Martin
March 23, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability

The Fate of Pollinators

Food production around the world faces a major threat: the disappearance of pollinator species. Why, rather than shrinking at the possibility of a multi-faceted problem, we have not responded with multifaceted solutions?

Anne Martin
March 21, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC

Label It, Please

If we are going to continue to be able to grow food on this planet, then we need to begin paying attention to nature once again—relearning how to mimic her in order to provide for future generations.

Anne Martin
March 2, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC

Immediate Action Needed: Global Environmental Challenges in Costa Rica

Commercial fishing is not the only “big industry” ripping apart Costa Rica socially, economically, and environmentally. Industrial-sized monoculture farming, imposed by several politically powerful global companies, is swiftly destroying the land and wrecking havoc on the health of the local people as well.

Anne Martin
February 15, 2016October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel

Protect Our Forests

These are the grim long-term consequences of our present day inaction.