Why You Should Have (at Least) Two Careers
It’s not uncommon to meet a lawyer who’d like to work in renewable energy, or an app developer who’d like to write a novel, or an editor who fantasizes about becoming a landscape designer. Maybe you also dream about switching to a career that’s drastically different from your current job. But in my experience, it’s…
The Business Case for Providing Health Insurance to Low-Income Employees
After the failed negotiations over the repeal of Obamacare earlier in March, the Trump administration appears to be on the brink of proposing a new health care bill. While the details are still sketchy, it seems likely that the new bill will leave many lower-income Americans without access to health insurance. I believe there is a…
We Need to Ask How We Can Make Economic Growth More Inclusive
Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality. That is, they do for creative problem-solving what catalysts do in chemical processes: they dissolve barriers and accelerate progress down more productive pathways. Take the question that has lately been put on the political table because of the prosperity bind facing so many mature…
Release dates revealed for ‘Star Wars Episode IX’ and next ‘Indiana Jones’ film
What’s old is new again, and again and again as the release dates for the last of the new Star Wars films and the next installment of the Indiana Jones films received release dates. The announcement made on StarWars.com revealed “Star Wars Episode IX” will come out May 24, 2019 ahead of Memorial… Source:…
Female film directors find hope at festival
The Florida Film Festival this year has scheduled a record number of movies from female directors: 77, up from last year’s then-best of 59. But the festival, which runs through April 30, also will acknowledge the challenges facing female filmmakers through a forum. The provocative title: “Indie… Source: iPromo News
Florida Film Festival: 3 things to do April 26
Women get behind the camera and each other, liquors mix together and celebs return to high school at the Florida Film Festival today. Indie Women: Grab ’Em by the Movies (11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Enzian) — The statistics on female directors are staggering in a year nearly a century after women’s suffrage…. Source: iPromo News
Why You Cannot Afford to Ignore Trump’s Threats to the Environment – Cosmopolitan.com
Huffington Post Why You Cannot Afford to Ignore Trump’s Threats to the EnvironmentCosmopolitan.comWith so many different dangers on the horizon, it may seem hard to focus on concerns about the environment. But to Rhea Suh, president of the national nonprofit environmental advocacy organization the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRCD), …Trump’s 100 Days of Attacks on the…
To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel’s perspective – PRI
PRI To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel’s perspectivePRIHelmuth has built his career on trying to better understand how mussels experience temperature and other environmental changes, and he argues it’s essential to look beyond our own human perspective when thinking about climate change. If we don’t, … and more »
Most global investors recognise financial risk of climate change, report finds – The Guardian
The Guardian Most global investors recognise financial risk of climate change, report findsThe GuardianFor the first time a majority of global investor heavyweights recognise the financial risks of climate change, according to the results of a major global index rating how investors manage such risks. But despite the advances, the Asset Owner Disclosure …Retirement savings…
Climate Change Altering the Arctic Faster Than Expected – Climate Central
Climate Central Climate Change Altering the Arctic Faster Than ExpectedClimate CentralEvidence continues to mount that climate change has pushed the Arctic into a new state. Skyrocketing temperatures are altering the essence of the region, melting ice on land and sea, driving more intense wildfires, altering ocean circulation and …Two Recent Climate Change Studies Paint A…