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Author Archives: Chris

For Argentine Environmentalists, New President Macri Elicits Hope – and Skepticism

December 10, 2015by Chris Leave a comment

December 10, 2015 – Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri entered the “Casa Rosada” today, bringing an end to 12 years of leftist “kirchnerismo” rule and ushering in, supporters hope, an era of […]

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Climate Change, Features, Freelance, News - Argentina

Op-Ed: GOP Debate Ignores Economic Effects of Climate Change

November 23, 2015by Chris Leave a comment

November 18, 2015 – GOP presidential hopefuls squared off Tuesday night at Wisconsin’s Milwaukee Theater to debate job growth and the economy, yet in four-plus hours of debate (two for the […]

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Climate Change

Book Review: New Slow City – Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City

November 16, 2015by Chris Leave a comment

This book review was written for The Refugee & Immigrant Fund in January 2015 and originally appeared on their blog, Growing Together. In recent years, the concept of living “Slow” […]

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Refugee & Immigrant Fund, Reviews, The City

Popular Participation in Climate Adaptation: An Analysis of the Civic Ecology Framework

August 24, 2015by Chris Leave a comment

One of the greatest challenges facing cities in the 21st century, in the context of climate change, ecological imbalance, and economic disparity, is how to urbanize in a way that […]

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Climate Change, Urbanization

“That’s a park?!” Sparking dialogue through urban interventions

January 12, 2015by Chris 1 Comment

A couple of months ago, NYCGo launched the See Your City campaign aimed at getting New Yorkers to check out local places they might not otherwise travel to — Van […]

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The City, Urbanization

Luanda, Kapuscinski, and the Geography of Daydreams

November 21, 2014by Chris 4 Comments

Luanda — a city I’ll probably never see, but which for whatever reason exerts a very strong pull on me. Other places have had the same effect; I’ll know next […]

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Travel Writing

Brooklyn Pastoral: the Grange’s Alia Ornstein on RIF and Urban Farming

July 15, 2014by Chris Leave a comment

Originally posted on Growing Together:
I’m wandering amidst a sea of hot peppers – Hungarian wax, serrano, golden cayenne – when Alia Ornstein waves me down from the opposite end…

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Refugee & Immigrant Fund

Denise’s Story: From the Congo to New York

June 4, 2014by Chris Leave a comment

Originally posted on Growing Together:
Denise is a refugee and asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a nation crippled by colonialism, ransacked of its resources — first…

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Refugee & Immigrant Fund

Day 1 at the Farm – Hope Grows in Brooklyn

June 4, 2014by Chris Leave a comment

Originally posted on Growing Together:
An unexpected cold front has coated the city in a fine slick of ice and powdery snow and bitter winds whip along the narrow streets…

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Refugee & Immigrant Fund

Subte Stories: José M. Moreno, Linea E

May 14, 2013by Chris Leave a comment

Subte Stories explores Buenos Aires’ lesser-known subte stops and the neighbourhoods they are found in, scoping out local stories and the best on offer within four blocks or less. This […]

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Features, Travel Writing

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