Architects Broissin Architects Location: Mexico, Mexico City Year: 2019 Area: 50 m2 Photographs: Alexandre d'la Roche Other Team Members: Lead Architect: Gerardo Broissin Project Architect:Luis Pimienta, Jorge Velázquez Team: Óscar Aguilar, Andrés Lara, Javier García, Gala Carrillo, Ana Cecilia Mercado Client: Design Week Mexico 2019 ArchDays Pavilion called Egaligilo was located next to Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. Acts as... Continue Reading →
By taking global warming and demographics into account, transit agencies can better serve vulnerable populations With commuters slowly coming back and Congress considering a major infusion of cash for public transportation, mass-transit operators suddenly have a rare moment to invest for the future. But looking out over a sea of dire problems—including aging infrastructure, a backlog... Continue Reading →
How Climate-Proofing Mass Transit Can Make Cities More Equitable
Option to listen to the article instead of reading it is enabled... Islands like the Bahamas are paying the price for wealthier nations’ emissions — an injustice crying out for a global remedy. This May — 20 months after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its cruelty upon my Bahamas — I looked down from an airplane’s window... Continue Reading →
Climate Change Is Destroying My Country. The Rich World Must Help…
A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and form a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. WASHINGTON — When Representative John Curtis quietly approached fellow Republicans to invite them to discuss climate change at a clandestine meeting in his home state of Utah, he hoped a half... Continue Reading →
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
This report examines how climate change is impacting agriculture and threatening national and global food systems, particularly in climate hotspots, and how these trends are projected to intensify over the coming decades. The report defines and details transformative adaptation for agriculture and why such longer-term, systemic approaches are needed to protect the lives and livelihoods... Continue Reading →
Food Systems at Risk: Transformative Adaptation for Long-Term Food Security
About RBGND The Red Black and Green New Deal (RBG New Deal), an initiative of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), puts Black liberation at the center of the global climate struggle, and addresses the impact of climate change and environmental racism on Black communities. This RBG New Deal agenda proposes immediate actions policymakers, corporations,... Continue Reading →
Red Black & Green New Deal
"The good news is it's now clearly cheaper to save the planet than to ruin it," says engineer and investor John Doerr. "The bad news is: we are fast running out of time." In this conversation with climate policy expert Hal Harvey, the two sustainability leaders discuss why humanity has to act globally, at speed... Continue Reading →
How to decarbonize the grid and electrify everything…
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?
Hugh Evans started a movement that mobilizes "global citizens," people who self-identify first and foremost not as members of a state, nation or tribe but as members of the human race. In this uplifting and personal talk, learn more about how this new understanding of our place in the world is galvanizing people to take... Continue Reading →
ECA is proud to have supported and participated in the development of the Vision for Equitable Climate Action (VECA) and we are excited to share it with our members. The Vision for Equitable Climate Action (VECA) is a roadmap for how we can prevent the worst of global warming, in ways that will make communities safer, families... Continue Reading →
ECA Supports the Vision For Equitable Climate Action (PDF)
5 transformational policies for a prosperous and sustainable world
In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainability expert Johan Rockström debuts the Earth3 model -- a new methodology that combines the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the nine planetary boundaries, beyond which earth's vital systems could become unstable. Learn more about five transformational policies that could... Continue Reading →
To prosecute and imprison political leaders and corporate executives would require a parsing of legal boundaries and a recalibration of criminal accountability. At many moments in history, humanity’s propensity for wanton destruction has demanded legal and moral restraint. One of those times, seared into modern consciousness, came at the close of World War II, when... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 