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Elizabeth Warren is right — plastic straws are not worth talking about.

Thank you, Elizabeth Warren, for being courageous enough to speak the truth (as usual) at the Democratic climate change debate: ‘the…

Sep 9, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is right — plastic straws are not worth talking about.

Sep 9, 2019

The world is on fire, literally and figuratively — how should we respond

Recently, the bombardment of terrible news on the climate crisis and the destruction of our environment has become overwhelming. Even as…

Sep 7, 2019

The world is on fire, literally and figuratively — how should we respond

Sep 7, 2019

Sustainable housing meet affordable housing: the potentials of upzoning and downsizing

Insights are based on my PhD research which is one of the first in-depth academic investigations into the world of tiny houses, including…

Aug 24, 2019

Sustainable housing meet affordable housing: the potentials of upzoning and downsizing

Aug 24, 2019

The paradoxical role of the military-industrial complex in the climate crisis

The paradox between the unconscionable environmental impact attached to the military-industrial complex and the increased military…

Aug 24, 2019

The paradoxical role of the military-industrial complex in the climate crisis

Aug 24, 2019

What’s your water footprint?

We have a water crisis — and sadly, as we so often see, it disproportionately impacts disenfranchised individuals. Globally, 2.1 billion…

Aug 24, 2019

What’s your water footprint?

Aug 24, 2019

What’s the deal with the ‘Green New Deal’?

Most of you based in the US, and many elsewhere, are familiar with the Green New Deal (GND), a proposal from Representative Alexandria…

Aug 24, 2019

What’s the deal with the ‘Green New Deal’?

Aug 24, 2019

Why the environmental crisis is a human rights issue

Each individual, no matter their education, race, gender, ability, drive, or mental health, deserves to have access to shelter, food…

Aug 24, 2019

Why the environmental crisis is a human rights issue

Aug 24, 2019

The conflicted American dream: Large homes, excessive consumption, and the rise of minimalism

Land and property ownership was inherent in early American conceptions of ‘success’ and opportunity, whereby land ownership brought legal…

Aug 24, 2019

The conflicted American dream: Large homes, excessive consumption, and the rise of minimalism

Aug 24, 2019

We need to talk about the psychology of climate change

Climate change is an overwhelming global existential crisis. The scale of the issue often paralyzes people into both denying what is…

Aug 24, 2019

We need to talk about the psychology of climate change

Aug 24, 2019

‘Collaborative consumption’: How learning to share can benefit us and the plant

‘Collaborative consumption’ , ‘sharing economy’, ‘peer-to-peer economy’ — the concept has many names, but the benefits are universally…

Aug 24, 2019

‘Collaborative consumption’: How learning to share can benefit us and the plant

Aug 24, 2019

Megan Carras

Megan Carras

PhD in Geography and Sustainable Development, wannabe environmental writer, other ramblings are at www.sustain-together.com, or on Instagram @sustain.together

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