The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) in Valencia, Spain, is absolutely not lacking in wow factor. When visiting Valencia, you can glimpse its towers and domes in the distance when standing on ancient city gates and see the complex’s daunting size when you [...]

This is the second of a series of posts describing Malika’s encounters with sustainability during her travels in India … “Mochi” by Malika Kumar shows a man whose trade is fixing shoes. For about 70 cents, this mochi (meaning cobbler) sewed up the hole along the lining of my shoes [...]

This is the first in a series of posts describing Malika’s encounters with sustainability during her travels in India … “Tires” by Malika Kumar “Tires” shows a boat pulling into a harbor at Mumbai’s southern tip. You’ll notice that the sides are lined with scratched-up tires – all of the [...]

If you’d asked me four years ago what an environmentalist’s job is, I would have been quick to tell you that their main responsibility is preserving nature. Environmentalists are charged with the noble task of keeping the Sierra Nevada, the Amazon rainforest, and countless other natural landforms in the world, [...]

On my trip to Argentina, I visited Rosario, the capital of the province of Santa Fe and a rapidly expanding waterfront city. Many of its agricultural and industrial buildings are being converted to other uses as these uses are pushed to the city’s perimeter. These old buildings are along prime [...]

I recently returned from a trip to Argentina where I spent my time visiting family and exploring the city. I have been to Buenos Aires many times (7? 8?) and was always conscious of the city’s poor air quality as compared to that of my home state of California. This [...]