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May 14, 2013
Liz Banse

Recently I read an interview of Eli Pariser, CEO of Upworthy, in the Washington Post, where he reflected on the stunning success of Upworthy in its first year of operation as a website for viral content. Pariser said, “In general, I would say we focus on the things that are visual, meaningful and shareable — that’s our triad and I think that’s served us well.” 

May 10, 2013
Cara Pike

“Climate resiliency” is a new buzzword in environmental communications. Buzzwords are exciting because when successful, they convey important concepts in a compact and compelling way. At the same time, it is easy to assume audience understanding and for terms to be co-opted over time.

May 10, 2013
David Minkow

It’s not possible to do it alone. There have been many calls for environmental and climate leaders to expand and diversity the base of citizen support for action. 

April 22, 2013
Sarah Mazze

Majorities of Americans are concerned about climate change, yet we’ve arrived at another Earth Day with insufficient action at the federal and local level to address the severity of the climate crisis. 

Perhaps the messengers are carrying the wrong message by largely leaving out morals and values.

April 19, 2013
Jonathan Parfrey

Los Angeles is losing its bad reputation.

The land of traffic, smog and sprawl is rapidly changing. LA’s skies are cleaner today than anytime in the last sixty years. Today, eleven new rail and rapid bus lines are getting built. Today, Los Angeles is using 20% less water than just two years ago. Today, renewable energy constitutes over 20% of the municipal utility’s portfolio – going towards 33% by 2020. 

April 18, 2013
Renee Lertzman

While there is much talk these days about resilience, it tends to be defined in terms of relationships, resources and infrastructures. However a vital element is often overlooked – the need for emotional resilience. Emotional resilience is the capacity to hold space for loss, upheaval, and shock – allowing us to process, feel, and experience impacts. As psychotherapists can tell us, this "pause" is what builds real resilience. And it is needed now more than ever.

April 3, 2013
Amanda Staudt

Climate scientist James Hansen recently announced his retirement after 46 years at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), to allow him more time and flexibility to advocate for climate action. While it saddens me that he will no longer be devoting as much of his considerable intellect to advancing climate science, I can’t say that I’m all that surprised.

March 19, 2013
Theodora Lamb

For a long time I could tell you that likes were good, comments were better and shares were best when it came to Facebook. However, that was only ever based on my experience as an online community manager. What could science tell us? Who were the organizations on Facebook who were winning the battle for attention and engagement with their content?