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Puerto Rico: The Forgotten Territory
Tragedies should never go unnoticed, particularly not if the tragedy is of the magnitude which Puerto Rico faced…
Under the Weather: Caribbean charts a path beyond Irma…
Every hurricane season, the crystal blue waters that attract swaths of tourists to the Caribbean turn against the…
Plastic Policy: An Overview of the Global Plastic…
In Rachel Carson’s book, Under the Sea Wind, she poignantly describes the beauty of living on a planet as singular…
Hurricane Season: Pressure to Change
In recent weeks, a series of hurricanes and tropical storms have hit the Caribbean and Southern United States.…
Harvey, Irma, and the Implications of High-Risk Gambling
It’s September 10th in Florida. Evacuations have taken place, reporters are feverishly on their feet, Irma is about…
What Would Trudeau Do?: The Effect of Canadian Mining…
During his post as Prime Minister, Stephen Harper enthusiastically promoted the expansion of extractive Canadian …
Of Rice and Men: Cultivating the Next Green Revolution
Yogendra Sahoo makes all of his income from cultivating rice in his 5-acre farm in the Jajpur District of Odisha,…
The Drug War You’ve Never Heard Of: The Green…
Located in Northern India on the border with Pakistan, Punjab is a land famous for its warriors and…
Community-based Conservation: A Complex History
The Western idea of nature being separate from culture once dominated the field of conservation development. Now,…
The Green Economy and What It Means for Global Economics
Climate change has recently dominated global affairs, as scientific studies have projected alarming and continual…
When Hunger Becomes Deadly: Drought and Famine in…
This year is déjà vu for the United Nations and aid workers worldwide. Perhaps the familiarity of a preventable…
The End of Life As We Know It
On September 14, 1930, the first dust storm traversed the Southern Plains, wandering through southwest Kansas and…