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New Year, New Rs

By: Yue January 5, 2020January 5, 2020

Just a thoughtactivism, climate change, climate change resiliance, climate policies, climate science, individual actions3 Comments

Can 2020 be the year we start thinking circular?

The great nutrient collapse, disagreeing better, and why traffic sucks in Boston

By: Yue December 27, 2019December 27, 2019

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Last post of 2019! Best things I read, listened and watched from September onwards.

100 things you can do

By: Yue December 14, 2019December 16, 2019

How toactivism, climate change, climate crisis, climate policiesLeave a Comment

A list of action items to help fight climate change, from minimizing your individual environmental footprint to maximizing systematic impacts.

A decision tree for holiday gifting

By: Yue November 25, 2019November 25, 2019

Just a thoughtgift, holiday, overconsumptionLeave a Comment

What do you mean? Who DOESN’t build a flow chart before making every single decision in life? What kind of monster are you?

9 Places for high quality environmental news

By: Yue November 14, 2019November 13, 2019

Link loveclimate news, environmental journalism, environmental news3 Comments

Where do you like to get your news fix? Let me know in the comments!

Why the impressive tree-planting fundraising campaign isn’t cause for celebration, yet

By: Yue November 4, 2019November 10, 2019

Researchdeforestation, forest, reforestation, trees2 Comments

Tree-planting done right is hard; throwing money at it doesn’t change that.

How to have a more tolerable public transit experience

By: Yue October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

How tomass transit, public transportation, sustainable transportation, urban planningLeave a Comment

Taking public transit is a drag. Here are some tips to make it suck less.

Heat mapping: adult science project can be fun too!

By: Yue October 1, 2019October 23, 2019

Researchclimate change, climate change resiliance, heat mitigation, urban heat island, urban island heat mapping1 Comment

Got up at 4:30am for this, and I don’t regret it one bit!

What I learned from not buying clothes for 3 months

By: Yue September 21, 2019September 22, 2019

Just a thoughtcapsule wardrobe, ethical fashion, slow fashion movement, slow fashion season, sustainable fashionLeave a Comment

Reflections from Slow Fashion Season 2019.

Sunscreen and coral bleaching, climate town hall, the ugly side of flowers

By: Yue September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

Link loveclimate policies, environmental racism, flower industry, intersectionality, recycling, sunscreen, zero waste9 Comments

What I read, listened, watched and loved this month, July+August 2019 edition.