Bombscapes: Of War and Earth

April 5, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

An American soil researcher is studying landscapes scarred by bombs. That’s familiar terrain for people the world over, but no more so than in Laos. Read the story here.

The Post-Sandy Choice: Redevelop? Or Return the Land to Nature?

April 5, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

After Superstorm Sandy ripped through Staten Island five years ago, killing 24 people, some residents sold their land to developers, and a few others, like Joe Herrnkind and his neighbors, sold their land to the New York State Governor’s office so it could be returned to nature.

Full article at Mother Jones: http://bit.ly/2DA9hbK

Air Pollution in India: Three Views

April 4, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Undark and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting visited seven countries on five continents, rich and poor, north and south, to examine the impacts of fine particulate pollution, which kills more than four million people annually. See the full series at undark.org/breathtaking.