Jan 9, 2019 | Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security
Walking to the Pittsburgh Convention Center along the Allegheny River in early October, I crossed the span of the Rachel Carson Bridge. Alone on the quiet riverfront I heard the distinctive honking of geese in flight and turned to see a small flock in v-formation...
Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Cities
Smart cities are preparing for autonomous vehicles with mobility technology. The National League of Cities research on mobility and technology reports broad shifts urban life and infrastructure. Cities are becoming a proving ground for the technology that could make...
Nov 15, 2017 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Two weeks of climate talks in Bonn this month made little progress on the disputes that have been lingering since the Paris Agreement of 2015. The UN annual conference that year culminated with a nearly unanimous agreement to voluntarily limit greenhouse gas...
Nov 5, 2017 | At Work, Climate & Planet Stewardship
Companies caught up in Peru’s biggest timber scandal likely knew that their exports from the Amazon rainforest were illegal, according to undercover footage captured by the watchdog GSN working in the area, Global Witness. The footage recorded timber exporters...
Oct 5, 2017 | Health & Human Security
According to the UN, 2 billion people face the biggest global threat: water scarcity. There are many ways to source water, from fog-catcher nets that help some of the poorest people in Peru’s capital Lima harvest water from the moist air to a solar-powered device that...
