It’s spring again, which means some lucky potential students might be trying to choose between school options. Some people out there may be trying to make a similar decision to the one I did a fewContinue reading
Category: conservation
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In Pursuit of Illegal Loggers in India
In 2010, I went to India to develop the capacity of an NGO there. We ended up uncovering an illegal logging ring that had to be dealt with. This week’s blog is hosted at National Geographic.
alumni, climate, conservation, environmental economics, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, travel
Kaziranga: Who wins?
In the competing demand between viewing wildlife and using them – who might win?
conservation, energy, environmental economics, ESC, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel, water
Photos: Bunaken, Indonesia
A photo essay from a recent trip to Bunaken, Indonesia.
Afghanistan: Enforcement Issues
Police forces all over the world have been in the news in the past few weeks, even in Afghanistan. A report out this week highlighted that a fund which provides salaries to police there likelyContinue reading
conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, travel, water
Mexico’s Other Border
Howler monkeys harangued us as we floated down the brown river. Their invisible, furry faces unceasingly announced our approach. Underneath their clamorous banshee cries, we heard another sound – the low, dull throb of anContinue reading
Fighting Desert Fire
While studying abroad in Namibia in 2007, stray weld sparks set off a blaze at Tripp’s field camp. This is the story of trying to fight a fire in the desert without water.
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, travel, water
Adieu, Romaine
As Hydro-Quebec, the corporation behind Northern Pass, works to dam Quebec’s Romaine River, three kayakers paddle it for the last time in its natural state. The power in the water is evident; what’s not clear is how Quebec’s push for hydropower dominance makes economic, social
or environmental sense.
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students, sustainability, travel, water
Aral Sea and the Arctic?
What can the shrinking Aral Sea tell us about the melting Arctic?
Being a North Carolinian Abroad
Kazakh weddings, Southern identity, and geographic after effects of slavery.