Articles by Amber Cortes

Amber Cortes is a former Grist fellow, radio producer, and a digital media grad student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter.

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This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi

The Ecos Powercube brings energy, water, and communications to remote places without using fossil fuels -- all packed into a shipping container.

Amber Cortes Technology
Beekeepers are breeding a race of superbees at the Seattle airport

As more hives fall to colony collapse disorder, these pioneers are on a mission to create pollinators that are adapted to survive in the Pacific Northwest.

Amber Cortes Food
Why we’re watching this climate scientist turned socialist politician

Jess Spear was a driving force behind the $15 minimum wage campaign in Seattle, and now she's running for the Washington State Legislature.

Amber Cortes Culture
The misadventures of eco-comedian Kristina Wong will make you LOL

From buying vegetable oil in back alleys to using online dating to find rides in Los Angeles, Wong finds the funny (and absurd) in green livin'.

Amber Cortes Culture