If we continue to act in our business as usual ways, we may be putting Earth at risk for sudden, very major changes. Today, I heard Lance Gunderson, the chair of Emory’s Environmental Science Department, address various factors influencing global environmental change, the role of humans in these shifts, and […]

I consider myself someone who definitely understands the importance of feminism and the role of women in societal and environmental movements. Even so, I have recently realized that there has been a whole host of Read more…

Today, I attended the Emerson Center Lectureship Award Symposium with the year’s theme, “Sustainable Energy: Fundamental Principles, Multidisciplinary Approaches, and Progress.” The discussions presented reinforced my belief that using renewable energy and carbon negative technology Read more…

Environmental economics is NOT an oxymoron. Rather, the environment and our economic systems are extremely interconnected. Take, for instance, a market economy. In a market economy, the root causes of environmental issues are often negative externalities of market activities. For example, air pollution is an unintended consequence of manufacturing within […]

This week, I had the opportunity to engage in a Mock United Nations Climate Change Negotiations with my Climate Change and Society class at Emory. The goal of the simulation was to imitate the discussions between the United States, the European Union, China, India, and other developed and developing countries […]

Universities have a great ability to be institutional leaders of change. This is a belief that many people hold, and it was one that Dr. Eri Saikawa, an assistant professor at Emory University, addressed during her lecture, “What Does Climate Change Mean to Us and What Can We Do About […]

As a developing country, India’s policymakers must balance its ability to grow economically with its efforts to combat climate change. India currently has a population of 1.324 billion and a GDP of $2.264 trillion, according to the World Bank. Although India’s carbon emissions per capita are comparatively low to that […]

This week, I visited Agnes Scott College’s Dalton Gallery to view its current exhibition: “Weatherwise/Otherwise: Artists Respond to Climate Change.”  Climate change is an issue that will ultimately affect everyone, and as such, we need to find ways of communicating it to everyone. This means that we must use various […]

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a discussion of a film concerning a critical environmental issue in my hometown. Vicious Women, a film by Jennifer Lee about a couple’s activist efforts to fight gentrification in Atlanta. The couple, Teri and Iris, rebel against attempts to urbanize and renovate Little […]

What could zombies and climate change possibly have in common? According to Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, a University of Georgia (UGA) Athletic Association Professor of Geography and the Director of UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences Program, the Read more…