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…

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?

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.

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…

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. As I discussed in the story below, I never thought the publication would become as big as it now is with nearly 5,400 followers, more than 850 writers in at least…

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. Just look at New York in…

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…

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…

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…