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To know me as I am today is in part to know a piece of my ancestry. By way of my paternal grandmother, I am six generations descended from James Gamble, a co-founder of the multinational consumer goods company Procter and Gamble. Though I

Plan for the agricultural center in Historic Allensworth – California’s first town founded, funded, and governed by Black Americans – gains notice for its design that addresses climate threats. Architecture at Zero is a design competition for decarbonization, equity, and resilience, open to students

At the end of my voyage to Antarctica, which I previously wrote about here, my fellow passengers and I anchored offshore for nearly three days as we waited for weather conditions to improve so we could fly home. One evening, the group planned to

In February I had the opportunity to travel to Antarctica alongside the distinguished oceanographer Sylvia Earle and about 100 other scientists, legislators, artists, community organizers, and philanthropists. Together we experienced extraordinary natural wonders, saw the impacts of human-made warming first hand, and exchanged

In November ‘22, I was excited to help launch Annenberg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication first partnership with ABC Owned Television Stations. This training initiative, “Covering Climate” provided instruction to a cohort of 25 journalists across a range of beats in eight

I have been an environmentalist all my life, but for a long time, I didn't really know how to put my passion for the planet towards bringing about real change. Thanks to Annenberg Media’s Christina Bellantoni and the Climate Center’s Allison Agsten, I

Climate change can often feel abstract. We hear the figure ‘1.5˚C’ thrown around like the symbol of doomsday, the final tipping point before we get to the point of no return, but what does it mean? What does it look like? We have started to understand what it means in recent years. When hurricanes destroy entire communities and kill hundreds of people, we start to see the actual effects of these climate change-driven events on people.