Articles by Grist staff

Herd It Through the Decline

Climate change ravages land and livelihoods of Kenya’s nomadic herders As climate talks continue in Nairobi, Kenya, the world’s climate-change canaries aren’t far away. Severe floods in the country’s northern and coastal regions have killed more than 20 people and forced 60,000 to relocate over the last few weeks, and a flood-drought cycle is disrupting […]

The Appliance of Their Aye

U.S. DOE will phase in energy-efficiency standards for household appliances After years of thumb-twiddling, the U.S. Department of Energy will phase in more stringent energy-efficiency requirements for 22 household appliances and other pieces of equipment over the next five years. Congress requires ramped-up efficiency standards according to periodic deadlines; this update is only a dozen […]

Greens get giddy over election results, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: A Green Party Still Giddy After All These Hours Heart of a Howard In Toilets Is the Preservation of the World Now Utah-kin Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Show Time Snob Appeal To Tell the Truth Being Julian Chilly Screens […]

Julian Dautremont-Smith, higher-education sustainability advocate, answers questions

Julian Dautremont-Smith. What work do you do? I’m the associate director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE has a staff of two, so I have a hand in almost everything the organization does. How does it relate to the environment? AASHE is a membership-based association of colleges and universities […]