Tag: <span>public health</span>

A legacy of waste, a lifetime on our plates: “Forever chemicals” in the food system

Springtime in Maine is a beautiful thing. The morning air still holds the chill of winter. The faint scent of green and growing life tiptoes around your nose, suddenly bursting into fullness where a patch of afternoon sun has warmed a budding tree branch. When I lived there, I loved …

Sprawl and Bikes: A History In Tandem

Urban sprawl has negative impacts on human health. The extension of suburbs from US urban centers has increased dependence on automobiles, resulting in the production of air pollutants and contributing to respiratory problems in people of all ages. In the fifty largest US cities, commuters pay an additional $107 billion dollars …

We’re gonna need a smaller boat: Re-imagining residential water systems

In the US, we use more than double the amount of water per person than any other country in the world. An estimated 57% of our public water supply is used for residential use. The most recent 2010 USGS report estimates per capita US residential water use to be 88 gallons per day (gpd), which translates …

It’s People, Stupid: C2C Exclusive Conversation with Dr. Bob Musil

By Andrew Bonanno, C2C Fellows Program Assistant Here at the Bard CEP, the C2C Fellows sustainability leadership program hosts quarterly conversations on timely sustainability topics, inviting Fellows from across the country to call in and participate in the conversations. Called C2C Exclusives, these discussions are just one of the many …