My friends asked, “Are you going to watch the eclipse?” I’d respond, “You know my nicknames are Committed and Adventure, right?” and their question would change to “What are your detailed and ridiculous eclipse plans?” I’d spent hours on Google Earth searching for the best feasible spot. I intended to…

Any news about Harvey that doesn’t mention climate change, or news about the flooding in Houston that doesn’t mention sprawl and city planning, has utterly failed to explain these events. Half the lessons from my Sustainable Urbanism class (at the top school in the US for sustainable architecture) and all…

I just experienced a friend of my friends trying to minimize and normalize the danger and extent of the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies, and would like to share my response. Even as I wrote, I was taken aback by how many examples I could list off the top of my…