For years, people used satellites to observe the Earth’s climate. Now, orbital sensing offers a crucial new way to protect it. Two new pieces of research led by EDF scientists offer a preview of things to come.
"Black women are dying at higher and faster rates than any other group in the country," explains Garrison. "The root causes are specific to our communities — things like lack of access to green spaces and healthy foods."
As carbon emissions continue to rise, scientists hope a new crop will help fight climate change.
In March 2018, activists T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison hiked the path that Harriet Tubman took to freedom nearly 170 years ago. Their journey was both painful and beautiful, demanding and transcendent. Here are lessons from their walk.
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has granted two companies $1.5 million in contractsto design a satellite that will track methane emissions around the globe.
The Bail Project
Since September, judges in Compton have received several bail-reduction requests as part of a new collaboration among UCLA law students, the Los Angeles County public defender’s office and The Bail Project.
Vanessa Garrison and Morgan Dixon, the founders of GirlTrek, embody the principles of collective work and responsibility. Their eight-year-old outfit organizes black women to take ownership of their health.
Sightsavers
Sightsavers has raised $105 million to help eliminate trachoma. This funding infusion was announced in December 2018 at the Global Citizen concert by Richard Branson, amid performances by Beyoncé, Jay Z and Ed Sheeran.
We have a vision of justice as blind, impartial, and fair — but in reality, the law often fails those who need it most.Robin Steinberg and other TED speakers explore radical ways to change the legal system.
Sending a mother to prison can have a devastating effect on her children. Why, then, do we lock so many women up?
When Caroline Harper found herself jobless in her mid-40s, she decided to step off the corporate ladder and travel to all the places she’d always wanted to go, from Antarctica to Egypt. Here’s how it changed her life — and her career.
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