PODCAST: What We Know About Air Pollution Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg July 2, 2018 Air pollution is a major killer around the globe and one that disproportionately affects low and middle income countries. The World Health Organization estimates that around 7 million people die every year from the air they breathe. There are two kinds ...
Podcast: The Wanjira Mathai Interview Mark Leon Goldberg March 27, 2018 Wanjira Mathai is a Kenyan environmental and civic leader. She is the chair of the Wangari Mathai Foundation, which is named after her mother who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmental justice. Much of Wanjira's work focuses on the...
Meet a 2015-er: Richard Fuller Mythili Sampathkumar April 8, 2015 "I think if you add up the number of deaths from air pollution, contaminated sites, and sanitation - these are the three main types of pollution - the total number is 8.9 million...a year. That means one in every seven people who died, died from exposure to s...
The Clean Cookstoves Movement Just Got a Huge Boost Mythili Sampathkumar November 21, 2014 $400 million in pledges netted at the Cookstoves Future Summit
Cookstoves Future Summit, Day 1: Mythili Sampathkumar November 20, 2014 Why clean cookstoves are a cross cutting solution to some of the biggest global challenges
Map of the Day: Africa’s Health-Environment Nexus Mark Leon Goldberg February 22, 2013 The United Nations Environment Program released a new report on the links between environment and health in Africa. This is a crucial connection to probe: diahhrea, malaria and respiratory infections account for about 60% of the disease burden in Africa, and these three issues are as much environmental as health issues
Burned in the Kitchen. Cooking Shouldn’t Kill Mark Leon Goldberg February 7, 2012 A special guest post from Radha Muthiah, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves -- a project of the UN Foundation.
Happy Birthday, Clean Cookstove Alliance Mark Leon Goldberg September 22, 2011 The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday at a packed reception in mid-town Manhattan. There were lots of notables in the room, but the real stars were the cookstoves. (Pictures)
Ambassador Jose Andres Mark Leon Goldberg September 14, 2011 The star chef becomes an Ambassador--and joins the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.
