Statement: The Successes and Failings of COP27
The United Nations climate change conference (COP27) concluded with roughly 190 countries, represen...
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COP27: Cognitive Dissonance
I sit here at my laptop with so many observations and experiences running through my head.
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Climate Justice and The Power of Clean Energy
As a veteran of the community solar industry I’ve been focused at the nexus of clean energy and equ...
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I care, so I act
The actions we take today matter. What I do matters.
Sometimes, I feel I am not doing enough or ...
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My Climate Spectacles
Right eye (R); -0.25, Left eye (L); -0.3Squinting apprehensively at the remarkably slow clock, I wa...
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Black Liberation: A Vision for Environmental Justice
I first learned about environmental justice my freshman year of college.
I had to take an enviro...
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From North Minneapolis to Oromia: Love, Loss, and Environmental Justice
During the summer of 2014, I visited family in Oromia, a region of Ethiopia home to the Oromo peopl...
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With the River: How the Past and Present Forms of the Mississippi Impact My Climate Journey
The St. Paul park Hidden Falls runs along the east side of the Mississippi, and is a wonderful,...
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Getting to the Cottonwood
A place that has special meaning to me is the backyard of my childhood home in North St. Paul.
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Growing as an Environmentalist
My elementary school was the unsuspecting home of my early environmentalism.
I remember the post...
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Creatures of the Creek
Growing up, my house sat near a beautiful creek in the city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
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SB56 Reflections: ACE challenges and systemic changes
The feeling after SB56 is one of emptiness amid the hollow self-congratulations by the Parties just ...
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