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My Vision for a Better Future

If we’re serious about addressing the issues we face, a systemic transformation of our society is required — It’s the year 2100. And humans are still here. Lots of other species too. In fact, the world’s biodiversity has been on a major rebound in recent years. The lands and oceans are in recovery. …

Vision

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My Vision for a Better Future
My Vision for a Better Future
Vision

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Why I Left My Engineering Job To Take On the Climate Crisis

And the realizations that would change my perspective forever — When I was born in 1991, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere was 356 ppm. This year I turned 30 and the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere now stands at about 416 ppm. For the majority of my 30 years on earth, those numbers were meaningless…

Policy

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Why I Left My Engineering Job To Take On the Climate Crisis
Why I Left My Engineering Job To Take On the Climate Crisis
Policy

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The Secret Weapons in Tackling the Climate Crisis: Vision and Storytelling

A vision of a sustainable future told through a compelling story is far more powerful than scientific facts and figures — Crafting a vision for the future Imagine it’s the year 2050 and we’ve successfully been able to hold global warming below the 2°C threshold (and ideally 1.5°C) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientists have been warning us about. What does that future world look like and feel like when you imagine it?

Climate Change

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The Secret Weapons in Tackling the Climate Crisis: Vision and Storytelling
The Secret Weapons in Tackling the Climate Crisis: Vision and Storytelling
Climate Change

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Climate Conscious

·Jan 15

The Whiplash Effect of Extreme Flooding and Droughts

How places like California can prepare for growing threats of droughts and floods exacerbated by climate change — The climate amplification of extreme weather My friends and I were driving back from Yosemite National Park just as the atmospheric rivers were beginning to make their way across California. Visibility was terrible and the roads were treacherous as we passed several cars that had hydroplaned out of control causing severe accidents in some cases.

Climate Change

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The Whiplash Effect of Extreme Flooding and Droughts
The Whiplash Effect of Extreme Flooding and Droughts
Climate Change

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Climate Conscious

·Jun 13, 2022

Where’s the Emergency Response to Our Global Public Health Crisis of Pollution?

Pollution isn’t just a local problem; it’s a planetary threat — The global killer that almost no one is talking about Back in May of last year, when I wrote the story below about why I left my engineering job in the medical device industry to take on the climate crisis, I said, “the combination of air pollution and climate change-related health effects and mortality is a health crisis that will…

Pollution

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Where’s the Emergency Response to Our Global Public Health Crisis of Pollution?
Where’s the Emergency Response to Our Global Public Health Crisis of Pollution?
Pollution

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Climate Conscious

·Updated May 5, 2022

A New Future for Climate Conscious

I’m stepping down as editor-in-chief. Here’s what's in store for the future of the publication. — After three years of running the Climate Conscious publication, my time as its editor-in-chief is coming to an end. …

Climate Conscious

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A New Future for Climate Conscious
A New Future for Climate Conscious
Climate Conscious

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Climate Conscious

·Mar 28, 2022

Car Culture Is a Huge Impediment to Climate Action

It’s time we take back our streets for the betterment of people and the planet — How we became a car-centered culture Human civilization is increasingly being built to serve not humans, but cars. Just in the U.S., there are over 4 million miles of roads and 276 million cars traversing those roads on a daily basis. It didn’t always used to be this way though. …

Transportation

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Car Culture Is a Huge Impediment to Climate Action
Car Culture Is a Huge Impediment to Climate Action
Transportation

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Climate Conscious

·Feb 27, 2022

What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Possibly Mean for Climate Change

Whether nations pursue domestic fossil fuel expansion or embrace renewables will have dramatic consequences on decarbonization efforts — First and foremost, my heart goes out to the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who are fighting for their lives, their country, and their values against an onslaught of Russian forces that seek to overthrow the Ukrainian government and bring the country under Russia’s control. There has already been much bloodshed…

Russia

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What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Possibly Mean for Climate Change
What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Possibly Mean for Climate Change
Russia

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Climate Conscious

·Jan 24, 2022

Climate TRACE is a Game Changer in Emissions Monitoring

When Big Data and AI are used for good, the results are tremendous — Satellites are a critical climate monitoring technology Satellites are easily the most underrated technology that aids our ability to address the climate crisis. Rightfully so, most of the focus in terms of technological innovation tends to be on climate solutions — EVs, solar panels, direct air capture, etc. But climate monitoring technology really deserves more attention than…

Climate Trace

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Climate TRACE is a Game Changer in Emissions Monitoring
Climate TRACE is a Game Changer in Emissions Monitoring
Climate Trace

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Climate Conscious

·Oct 24, 2021

Climate Conscious Is Bringing the World Together

We’ve built a global network of writers that span over 30 countries — and this is just the beginning — Building something to bring people together Back in 2019, when I first thought about creating what would become the Climate Conscious publication, I had three primary goals that I set out to achieve: Rather than further polarize one another as the mainstream media and social media have consistently done, I wanted to create a publication that…

Writing

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Climate Conscious Is Bringing the World Together
Climate Conscious Is Bringing the World Together
Writing

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Climate Action Coordinator | Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Climate Conscious

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