Dear Readers, My co-author Fatima Cecunjanin and I recently published a new study on the potential of rainwater harvesting. We surveyed past-to-present rainwater harvesting methods and documented the cultures that practiced them from climatically vulnerable dry-wet, semi-arid and arid regions. Please see one of the tables that can be found in the publication below: To … Continue reading
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Our Research on Hurricane Sandy, Early Warning Assessment and Coastal Resilience in Connecticut Featured in New Haven Register
Dear Readers, Interdisciplinary research on adaptation to changing environment of Connecticut and early warning and assessment we did with our school’s oceanographer has been featured in the New Haven Register. Please see the below article by Mark Zaretsky to read more about it: http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20131026/1-year-after-superstorm-sandy-recovery-moves-slowly-on-connecticut-shore Continue reading
6 Steps to Defining Success for Development Projects
The Quest for Scale An effort to improve sanitation in developing countries yields lessons in how to achieve enduring, broad-based social impact. By Louis C. Boorstin, Stanford Social Innovation Review In December 2006, I flew into Aurangabad, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Before the trip, when I mentioned my destination to an … Continue reading
Your tax dollars being spent to destroy the Great Barrier Reef?
Your tax dollars being spent to destroy the Great Barrier Reef? For years, the Great Barrier Reef has inspired awe for its rich ecological diversity and the natural beauty of its coral reefs, which are home to over 134 species of sharks and rays. But while sharks once ruled in the reef, today it’s people … Continue reading
Environmental crimes increasingly linked to violence, insecurity By: IRIN News
Photo: Nuria Ortega/African Parks Network “Blood ivory” generates significant revenue for terrorist groups NEW YORK, 3 October 2013 (IRIN) – Organized environmental crime is known to pose a multi-layered threat to human security, yet it has long been treated as a low priority by law enforcers, seen as a fluffy “green” issue that belongs in … Continue reading
Pesticide banned in 62 countries still used in India By: Living-Farms.org
Endosulfan, a deadly pesticide encouraged by India Bhubaneswar, October 07: Endosulfan is a pesticide belonging to the organochlorine group of pesticides, under the Cyclodiene subgroup. It has been introduced in the 1950’s and in India has become a leading chemical used against pests in agriculture. It is used as an insecticide and also to kill … Continue reading
Hydraulic fracturing and U.S. water policy By: J.W. Burnett
Article Published by Global Water Forum Fracking on the Haynesville Shale, Louisiana. Photo by flickr user danielfoster437. The recent boom in the development of natural gas from shale is a game changer for U.S. domestic energy. Large domestic reserves of shale gas reduce dependency on foreign producers, as is currently the case for crude oil. … Continue reading
