Posts in category Health

How do the parts of our complex global society fit together? In May, Eddy Gicheru Oketch graduated from Yale with an MA in Global Affairs …

A climatologist, an economist, a policy advisor, and an epidemiologist. What they all have in common: big picture ideas about climate change, a solutions-focused approach, …

Chances are you have asthma or know of someone who does. Almost seven million—or roughly nine percent—of children in the United States are currently afflicted …

On August 28, 2011, Hurricane Irene abruptly arrived along the Connecticut coastline.  Its wide path of destruction left behind major property damage and intense flooding. …

On Wednesday, February 17, Constance Okollet, Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. and Frances Beinecke gathered at Yale to speak about the responsibility to act on climate change, …

New Haven is well known as an incubator of new ideas.  Not everyone knows it is also a global leader on sustainability issues.  What potential does …

Sophie Dillon talks to some urban gardeners, learns about community-building in New Haven, and… plants a tree. *** Originally written for Sage Magazine’s 2015 Emerging Environmental Writers …

The day wasn’t shaping out to be a very bright one — gray skies and heavy rain decorated the morning, and with no rain jacket …

Dick Margulis grew up lonely in suburbia, like so many Americans. He knew something was missing, but he didn’t know what, exactly. In the seventies, …

The arrival of fall brings local apples, changing leaves, and perhaps most importantly — colder nights. Sunrise Cafe, located in the basement of the Episcopal …