Few things feel more powerful than being surrounded by young people who are taking a risk to speak out and fight for justice. Disrupting...

In a paradox of popular environmental discourse, global corporations are notoriously cast in two diametrically opposed lights: as...

Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla known for his increasingly outlandish products, has flaunted bold visions for the colonization of Mars...

On March 6, 1998 Bill Clinton signed the reauthorization of the National Sea Grant College Program, an act providing 33 colleges with...

Evo Morales has been the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia since 2006. The term “Plurinational State,” adopted by the 2009...

Mass tourism as a social phenomenon is relatively new, with its numbers rising dramatically in recent years.  Originating in the early...

There are certain scientific principles that we, as a society, take for granted: that an object in motion will stay in motion; that atoms...

Rhode Island needs energy. A series of power plant closings and maxed out pipelines have left the state –  and much of the New England...

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to clean drinking water, and called upon states and...

Small island developing states (SIDS) are at the forefront of the international conversation about climate change, and for good reason....

Parks and gardens in urban areas are more than just beautification projects. Green spaces not only break up grey surroundings and add...

The 2016 Presidential debates were fraught with insults, drama, and disparaging comments. To the dismay of many, though, they were...

Miami Beach has often styled itself as the perfect tourist destination by the ocean; a modern day Atlantis. But this comparison may soon...

Perhaps the most defining characteristic of racism in the United States is its pervasiveness. It goes beyond personal attitudes and seeps...

A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning...

On March 4, a cohort of armed men stood waiting on the road to Tumeremo, a small town in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. Since early...

March 11, 2016 marked the beginning of the three-day World Culture Festival (WCF) held in India’s capital, New Delhi, to celebrate “The...

Trying to stop human-caused climate change is like trying to stop a speeding bus; you need to slow it down first. Carbon dioxide already...

In December of last year, two boats chartered by the environmental vigilante group Sea Shepherd, the Bob Barker and the Sam Simon,...

The environmental movement in the United States has a problem. From rooftop gardens to central parks, cities across the country have...