Climate reporters face challenges, ‘politicization’ is just one of them
Reporting on the environment and climate has acquired an unprecedented importance in recent years, as climate change has heightened environmental concerns across the world. More media outlets in the United States and elsewhere in the world have begun to hire reporters...
Stanley Center HQ doing its part to counter climate change
We are used to measuring everything in percentages – successes and failures in business, the quality of education and health care, even happiness. We measure in percentages the damage we ourselves cause to nature. The climate is changing, and with it the...
Searching for Sunlight: Grand Marais residents pay no electricity bill thanks to solar energy
A first-time visitor to Grand Marais might be surprised to see solar panels installed on house roofs, simply because this icy small town is a long way from the Sun Belt. But first impressions are often misleading. Spending three nights in Grand Marais showed me that...
American consumers crave organic food, but farmers are reluctant to give up conventional agriculture
Organic food is on the rise in the United States, but why do I still find it difficult to find organic products in neighborhood grocery stores? Home in Finland, I buy the groceries at a small corner shop in my neighborhood in downtown Helsinki. Most of the basic...