December 14, 2022
Marcela Angel: “We have to bridge the gap between academia and territory.”

(Spanish language) ESI Research Program Director Marcela Angel speaks with El País about nature-based approaches to mitigating climate change.


December 9, 2022
Plastics recycling misses the point. Here’s what we can try next.

On plastic pollution, "[There's] no silver bullet, there isn't going to be one technical advance that's going to fix the problem," ESI's Christopher Noble tells CNET.


November 30, 2022
Invisible no longer: the Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change (AIFCC) at COP 27

The Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change (AIFCC), in collaboration with ESI, convened leaders from around the Americas and the world at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.


November 9, 2022
Mining for the clean energy transition

The MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convened academics, industry, government officials and NGOs to discuss the environmental and social challenges of supplying the materials for solar, batteries, the electric grid and more.


November 9, 2022
Norhan Bayomi, inspired by Hollywood icon, takes on climate change

The ESI researcher, entrepreneur and DJ founded Lamarr.AI to employ artificial intelligence, aerial robotics and cloud computing to rapidly diagnose the performance of building envelopes.


November 3, 2022
Three questions on music and climate engagement with Supreetha Krishnan and Sara Wilson

Introducing our two new team members who are working to create and deploy climate engagement experiences at music festivals.


October 26, 2022
Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change meets to set direction for its second year

The Environmental Solutions Initiative celebrated the first year of the Afro-Interamerican Forum on Climate Change (AIFCC) at the Colombian Embassy in Washington, DC, this October 12.


October 20, 2022
Learn Climate with Open MIT Resources

ESI and our colleagues across MIT are building a collection of freely available, open resources to both learn and teach about climate change, from many angles and in many fields of knowledge.


October 11, 2022
Get to know Marcela Angel, ESI’s Research Director for Natural Climate Solutions

Marcela speaks to Kyanite Partners about her childhood in Bogotá and her projects at the intersections of computing, urban planning, natural climate solutions and environmental justice.


October 7, 2022
Letter from the Director: “A note on free and open expression,” October 2022

ESI faculty director John Fernández addresses the ongoing effort at MIT to adopt a set of principles of free expression.


September 21, 2022
Three questions on teaching environmental justice with Chris Rabe

An introduction to our new Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental and Sustainability Education, and the projects he will undertake with the MIT undergraduate curriculum.


September 16, 2022
Artificial intelligence for urban biodiversity mapping

ESI's ECO-LENS project will equip two cities in the Colombian rainforest with new AI tools for mapping their green spaces and undertaking sustainable urban planning.

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