Author: <span>jilliancorley</span>

Working with the UN to secure water, prevent conflict

 “Where resource exploitation has driven war, or served to impede peace, improving governance capacity to control natural resources is a critical element of peacebuilding.” Carolyn McAskie   I flew out of John F. Kennedy International Airport the day after the People`s Climate March where over 400,000 people gathered to voice their …

The Times They Are a-Changin’: Starting with the Electric Grid

Thomas Edison established the first direct current power system in 1882.  It distributed electricity to 59 customers on Wall Street in New York City.  Today, the electric grid includes more than 6 million miles of transmission and distribution lines designed primarily with centralized controls, supplying over 143 million residential, commercial, …