The holiday season offers a unique opportunity to step back from the busyness of life and reconnect with what truly matters. As the year winds down, it's a time to reflect, find inspiration, and explore new perspectives. Whether you’re by the fire or nestled under...
[su_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6We2J422yow" width="620" height="440"] A hot topic for layperson and PhD alike, nobody will deny that the term Anthropocene is trending. One the one side, there are those who believe that the idea that humans are in...
We are pleased to announce our latest title, The Anthropocene: The Human Era and How It Shapes Our Planet by Christian Schwägerl. Award-winning environmental journalist and author, Christian Schwägerl traveled the globe extensively, visiting rising megacities...
The tree population in New York City has jumped from 500,000 to 650,000, and is set to increase to 1 million in 2015 from about 500,000 trees in the 1990s. In addition to beautifying the city, the trees will provide the natural services of filtering pollution,...
This futuristic-looking glass orb harnesses 35% more of the Sun’s energy than now-familiar solar panels. A rotating glass orb focuses concentrated sunlight onto a small surface of solar panels, while tracking the sun’s position in the sky. This is an aesthetically...
The semantic debate surrounding the idea of an Anthropocene revolves around two key concepts: have we entered a new geologic age as a result of human activity, and if we have, when did it start. More...
The Anthropocene, the term, formal or informal, appears to be making headway in terms of entering media consciousness as "go to" short hand for using a geologic lens to assess the impact of human activity on the earth. This recent article in The New Scientist...