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As part of the Resilient Coastal Communities Project, she's been working with the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and Columbia Climate School's Center for Sustainable Urban Development on a project to address flood risk in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, and she's written about her experience on Medium.
"All areas within New Zealand have a high proportion of coastline to land area, and for my home in the subtropical Far North'a long, narrow peninsula' this is especially true,'" she writes.
"Nature-based solutions, rather than gray infrastructure, are gaining increasing recognition for their potential to provide more sustainable and more affordable long-term adaptation for floods and climate change, while delivering better water quality outcomes."
One of those nature-based solutions she's been impressed with: living reefs.
She writes that she's been able to visit many M'ori communities along New Zealand's coast, "where many indigenous M'ori communities are on the front line of the climate crisis," and see first-hand how they've... Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
Frances Bronet, president of New York's Pratt Institute, has been named chair of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a group "dedicated to strengthening creative institutions,...more
Northern Illinois University is looking for a full-time assistant coach for its men's basketball team, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The ideal candidate will have at least three years' experience...more
When does 30 equal a million? When it's the Spring Dance marking the Center for Creative Education's 30th anniversary, the Palm Beach Post reports.
The dinner dance took place March 4 at Club...more
When it comes to dealing with climate change, the UK is doing its best to keep the global average temperature from rising 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levelsbut...more
It's that time of year again: time for the Tax Foundation to release its annual list of the best and worst states for social mobility.
This year's list is based on tax policies, with the top 10...more
When it comes to climate change, France's Beaujolais region is no stranger.
Two decades ago, farmers there were fooled by a warm spell in March.
The buds on the vines burst earlier than usual,...more
The National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Australia is offering a master's degree in "ecoscenography"that is, "ecological design for performance," reports the Guardian.
The program is the first...more
If you're an investor in Global Warming Solutions Inc.
(GWSO), you're going to want to stop reading now.
The clean-energy company's stock has been suspended from trading on the...more
Florida A&M University's School of the Environment has been named one of the top doctoral programs in the nation for the second year in a row by US News & World Report.
The university's School of...more
A new study from the European Patent Office finds that Europe is leading the world in the development of new technologies in water-related fields.
Specifically, companies, researchers, and...more
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