Last week my colleague Erik Strauss gave a talk on urban ecology as as part of a seminar series, “The Urban Ecosystem of Los Angeles: A Discussion of Our Cities Future”. Eric is Presidential Professor of Biology at Loyola Marymount … Continue reading
My good colleague John Hadidian (Senior Scientist, HSUS) recently spoke about living with urban wildlife at the Biophilic Cities Project. Keynote speakers alongside John were Jennifer Wolch (Geography, Berkeley) and Stephen Kellert (Environmental Studies, Yale). Biophilic urbanism is a new … Continue reading
Nemo looks to be a potentially record setting blizzard that is hitting the Northeast as I write. Governor Patrick has ordered everyone but emergency services and plows off all state roads. And the wind and snow is becoming fierce. It … Continue reading
Ahead of Rio+20, yet another major report is released detailing the human impact on the planet. Every couple of years, WWF International produces a Living Planet report. Chock full of data and illustrations about ecosystem stress, threats to wildlife, and … Continue reading
Great Britains Royal Society has released a major report on population issues. Entitled People and the Planet, it states that the earth is finite, and the continued growth of human population and consumption threatens global health and well being. The … Continue reading
Must we choose people over the planet? This is the question addressed by two essays that caught my eye in The Huffington Post during Earth Week. The first is Why Im Not An Environmentalist by Lisa Curtis (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-curtis/environmentalism_b_1443311.html?ref=green) and the … Continue reading