This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homeowners ages 62 and older collectively own $9.2 trillion in home equity wealth. But since the 2008 housing bust, very few have accessed the wealth stored in their home equity—even though many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Wildfire isn’t just sad for nature lovers, but it’s also a huge problem for the planet. Forests are some of our best carbon sequesters, and over the past five years hundreds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It’s never been more important that we are on this hospital’s campus than it is now,” Dr. Laura Leatherwood, president of Blue Ridge Community College, said. EdNC recently joined Blue Cross N.C.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As more individuals and institutions move to mission-related investing, the moment could be ripe for bringing some of that capital to the field of arts and culture. A report released Monday looks at how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The murder trial of three men accused in the death of unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery gets underway on Oct. 18, 2021, with the issue of what makes for a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Clean water and safe sanitation services have the potential to play a major role in helping the poorest urban communities adapt to climate change, but more needs to be done…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early 1970s, Suman More moved to Pune, in western India, from a nearby village to be married at just 12 years old. Her new husband lacked a stable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate America loves climate action. At least, that’s what companies’ public climate pledges would have you think. But their lobbying activity often says otherwise. Despite ambitious commitments to reduce their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As wildfires ravage the western United States and communities from the gulf to the mid-Atlantic recover from destructive hurricanes, the focus is on the federal government to act on climate,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Flooding is already the most expensive natural disaster in the United States, costing the country more than $1 trillion in damages since 1980. And it’s only getting worse due to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The need for student-centered sustainability education is becoming clearer by the day. Young people who understand and can respond to changes in our natural environment and the stresses they place…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First, the bad news. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently warned that the world is already locked into at least 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming before 2050. The climate crisis…