Tag: <span>green infrastructure</span>

The Seas Don’t Rise the Same For All

Sea level rise is one of the most significant environmental challenges facing the world today. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global sea levels have risen by 0.2 meters over the past century, and the rate of sea level rise has accelerated in recent decades.    While …

Flooding in Central Vietnam: an Environmental Justice Issue

In addition to its beautiful scenery, beaches, and historical sites, Central Vietnam is known for extreme flooding events that are both deadly and destructive. In 2020 alone, over 240 people were either killed or went missing due to a series of floods from October through November. Property losses were valued …

Greening Communities: Water Management for Climate Resilience

An estimated 10 trillion gallons of untreated stormwater runoff, containing everything from raw sewage to trash to toxins, enters U.S. waterways from city sewer systems every year, polluting the environment and our drinking water supplies. The EPA describes stormwater runoff as one of the fastest growing sources of pollution in …

Let’s buy an electric car: A guide to finding the electric car that is right for you.–by Brett Landau

Cars a part of most Americans’ lives, so sooner or later you’ll probably be buying one. Maybe buying an electric car crosses your mind, but you think, “Aren’t they expensive? Will this make my electric bill increase? Where am I going to be able to charge if I’m not at …

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 …

Resilience in the land of moss and mushrooms

Pre-Internship Studies (J-term turned A-term) I began the journey towards my internship in the stark landscape of Iceland, hiking among volcanoes, geothermally heated pools, and glaciers. I then travelled to Finland for a course on Urban Green Management at the University of Helsinki. There, I had the chance to learn …