Gretchen SiegchristA Week in the ArchivesBillions of people in Asia are suffering through record-breaking heatwaves this week. Here in the United States we’re not getting a lot of…3 min read·Apr 21, 2023----
Gretchen SiegchristA Week of WaterIt’s spring in Massachusetts, where it wasn’t a week ago. I write this on my sunporch, with open windows, looking out on forsythia blooms…5 min read·Apr 14, 2023----
Gretchen SiegchristInnovation Won’t Solve Climate ChangeA clean energy transition requires political change, not technical innovation4 min read·Sep 8, 2022----
Gretchen SiegchristPlanning for DegrowthHow can urban planners advance a degrowth agenda?11 min read·Jun 13, 2022--4--4
Gretchen SiegchristPolitical Economy of the EnvironmentBefore taking this class I barely even knew that “political economy” was its own discipline. In fact, during course sign ups I was debating…7 min read·Jun 2, 2022--1--1
Gretchen SiegchristEnvironmental Geography & SustainabilityWe started this class reading Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which I initially derided as “cheesy.” Her meditations on the…3 min read·Apr 29, 2022--1--1
Gretchen SiegchristGoverning the CommonsIn too many conversations about sustainability or the evils of the world, capitalism comes up as the ultimate boogey man. But it’s hard…3 min read·Apr 26, 2022----
Gretchen SiegchristPerspectives on SustainabilityPerspectives on Sustainability is the one required course in my master’s program. In addition to providing an overview of sustainability as…3 min read·Apr 25, 2022----
Gretchen SiegchristSustainability School: Environmental HealthSpring of 2020, I was excited to get started on my sustainability degree, and feeling cooped up in lockdown, so I enrolled in a 1-credit…4 min read·Apr 21, 2022--1--1
Gretchen SiegchristLearning About SustainabilityEveryone has their own definition of sustainability. Here’s mine, as I explained it when applying for a master’s degree in the subject, two…4 min read·Apr 21, 2022--3--3