Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
March 8, 2010 is the 99th International Women’s Day a time to reflect on the dynamics between women and the environment. In this post we take a look at the disproportionate impact of climate change and resulting water shortages (and...
Posted by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Its Day Three of the Copenhagen Climate Talks and adaptation is taking center stage. Delegates at the climate talks are calling for investment in technologies to provide early warning systems, predict crop losses, and provide local solutions. A youth group just called...
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
It's a fun way to build awareness for a very serious problem. Safe water and sanitation are the world's most pressing environmental health challenges as NRDC has highlighted here and here. Luckily World Toilet Day celebrations in DC did reach lots of...
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
We tend to think of climate change as an air pollution problem, or a threat to our atmosphere, but in fact water and especially watery ecosystems (wetlands, mangroves, mountainous cloud forests, and more) will play a major role in...
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss helping the "world's most vulnerable nations" to respond to the droughts, floods and refugees created by climate change. In general, the Senators and witnesses agreed that the US should...
Posted by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The typhoon Ketsana is pouring down on Bangkok this morning as I ready myself for day four of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings. Representatives of countries and hundreds of civil society organizations will continue to meet...
