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Building Resilience and Preserving History in Charleston

By Betsey Russell / On June 28th, 2019
In a city like Charleston, with deep cultural roots and countless historic buildings, the effects of development on neighborhood preservation and the growing impacts of climate change demand a new approach that can address both issues simultaneously.

#FOREWORD FRIDAY: What's It Going to Take?

By Jada Mosley / On March 8th, 2019
Before he announced his candidacy for president, Jay Inslee was an Island Press author dedicated to igniting America's clean energy economy.

Why Kill a Snow Leopard Conservation Ranger? Energy Sprawl and Land-Use Conflict

By Joseph M. Kiesecker / On October 27th, 2017
View from a mountain top in Khan Khentii Protected Area, Khuh Nuur, Mongolia. Photo © Nick Hall A mysterious and untimely death is not what first comes to mind when I think about wildlife conservation. But the death of conservation ranger Lkhagvasumberel (Sumbee) Tumursukh, who worked with the Mongolian Snow Leopard Conservation Foundation, is a mystery indeed.

Minding the Gap: Energy Sprawl and Access in India

By Joseph M. Kiesecker / On October 27th, 2017
Solar panels adjacent to an elementary school in Antelope Valley. © Dave Lauridsen for The Nature Conservancy On my very first trip to India I experienced some of its most iconic and most infamous sights – tigers and traffic.

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