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Cement is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and demand is growing. Alternatives like geopolymers can help lower the impact.
As community foundations across Canada have realized, local news is crucial for democracy. They’re supporting local journalism in new ways.
When most Americans imagine a home, they picture a wood-framed house. But in an era of high housing costs and extreme weather events, precast concrete offers a mix of durability and efficiency.
International media reporting of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations is sporadic.
Public health implications of smog were only mentioned in 15% of stories published by Pakistani media, research shows.
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable than single-use plastics.
One way to prevent the destruction wrought by a devastating earthquake – like the one that hit Morocco in September 2023 – is to construct resilient homes and buildings.
When ideological enemies talk across their great divides, something good can happen – it reduces stereotypes and inflammatory language directed at people who don’t agree on the abortion rights issue.
Nonprofits and concerned residents are teaming up with the local government to solve a daunting problem in a city with the nation’s highest per-capita rate of homelessnesss.
The COVID-19 outbreak presents many opportunities for students to develop needed solutions to real-life problems, says a researcher overseeing school project to produce personal protective equipment.
A community effort is creating do-it-yourself hand-washing stations for the homeless population in Los Angeles.
Inspired by amber and hard candy, researchers figured out a new, needle-free, shelf-stable way to preserve vaccines, making them easier to ship and administer around the world.
Climate journalism can play an important role in painting the picture of a post-carbon economy. It should start by encouraging collective action and a sense of empowerment for everyday people.
Good communication about climate change requires much more than just alarming messages about all the scary impacts of a warming planet.
“Solutions journalism” aims to give more prominence to solution-oriented narratives. It reports on responses to social problems by moving the solutions out of the footnotes.
Fixes for small pieces of massive problems show that overarching crises may be less hopeless than they appear.
People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
Without an array of ecosystems and species, it’s tough for farmers to grow crops or ranchers to raise animals.
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Assistant Professor, University of the Fraser Valley, School of Communication, University of The Fraser Valley
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Florida
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Systems Transformation (EST) Research Group, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of the Practice, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Professor and Shapiro Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration, Trachtenberg School, George Washington University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development, San José State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic; Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking; Principal of the Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery @ RIT & Professor of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Director, Center for Access to Justice, Georgia State University