Sep 5, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
Marc Jacobson has been working to take the world to 100% renewable energy by 2050, which he argues can slow down climate change and reverse some of the damage. Maria Armoudian spoke to Jacobson, co-founder of the Solutions Project, about his ongoing work to counter...
Jul 4, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Climate change, pesticide contamination, soil-depletion, loss of land, power politics, mass pollinator die-offs, and a host of big business practices threaten the long-term availability of healthy food. In part two of this symposium on the future of food, Maria...
Jul 3, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Anna Kucirkova Anna Kucirkova outlines the problems associated with water scarcity, what cities are being hit the hardest by it, and how we can solve the ongoing global water crisis. There is a water crisis. Because water covers 70% of our planet, we tend to think...
Dec 22, 2017 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
What technological changes will be needed to power the renewable revolution? Sung-Young Kim has been studying the political economy of the new clean energy revolution. Maria Armoudian sat down with him to discuss his research and what needs to happen as we move...
Dec 11, 2017 | Business & Economics
Saru Jayaraman and Raj Patel have studied the food system and what it means to have an equitable and sustainable system. What are the problems in the system, and what are the solutions? Maria Armoudian discusses the food system with them. Saru Jayaraman is the...