By Agustin Cruz Potential Energy DC (PEDC) and Leaders in Energy hosted their sixth annual green financing forum on Thursday, January 23. This year’s event,...
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Amazon’s Spheres: Embracing Biophilia and Inspiration from Nature
By MIRIAM ACZEL This past week I was in Seattle, Washington, for the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s 2020 Annual Meeting. It...
Want to See How Universities and Businesses are Modeling Sustainable Solutions that All of Us Can Put to Use?
By JANINE FINNELL Attend the Clean Energy & Sustainability Extravaganza Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 – at the University of Maryland! If you work in the...
Sustainable Development Goals: A Reading List (Part 2)
By MIRIAM ACZEL A few months ago, I published a piece on the Leaders in Energy blog sharing a few of my favorite books related...
Australia’s Wildfires: Climate Change and How We Can Help
By MIRIAM ACZEL Apocalyptic Wildfires As ‘apocalyptic wildfires’ continue to burn across the Australian Continent, the extent of loss of life is hard to comprehend. Ecologists at the University...
Green Globalization? An examination of the benefits and consequences of globalization on our planet and its people
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo An interconnected world economy The continued promotion of free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the forthcoming creation...
Ocean Microplastics are Multiplying
By MIRIAM ACZEL Plastic — Not Fantastic Plastic is the most common type of marine debris found in our planet’s ocean and lakes. Plastic debris can...
Let Leadership Bloom: French Non-Profit’s Environmental Success
By MIRIAM ACZEL Founded in 2005 by environmental activist Claire Nouvian, BLOOM is a French non-profit organization “that works to preserve the marine environment and species from...
Fracking Q&A: The background, the ban and what’s coming next
By KAREN MAKUCH & MIRIAM ACZEL Last weekend, the United Kingdom Government announced a moratorium on fracking, based on evidence from a report by the...
The Costs of Climate Action and Inaction
By Matthew Capuano-Rizzo The crisis “Qu’est-ce qu’on veut ? La justice climatique ! Quand est-ce qu’on la veut ? Maintenant !” During the international climate...