Milking the Mighty Mekong
How damming SEA’s largest river is hurting the region, and how a grassroots electricity movement could help It begins on the Tibetan Plateau, where heavy […]
Environment
Tragedy in Indonesia
Many in South Korea associate Indonesia with the success of South Korean national teams at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang held just over a […]
Giving Birth to Southeast Asia’s New Megacities
The year is 2040. The highways are lined with trees, stretching their green canopy over your morning commute. Traffic is light, a gift of good […]
Boracay Designated ‘Cesspool’ as Duterte Orders 6-month Closure for Clean-up
Paradise is officially closed. In a move aimed at saving the Philippines top tourist destination from further environmental degradation, President Duterte has ordered the closure […]
Monster Viruses and Dangerous Diseases: How Climate Change Threatens to Upend Global Health
Since the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, the world has come a long way in recognizing the seriousness of climate change. […]
A Building Emergency: How Climate Change is threatening our Fragile Food System
Will the avocado be a sign of the past? This question is gaining increasing relevance as scientists begin debating the effect of climate change on […]
Coal Ash: A Worrying Trend for the Future
Over the past century, coal has been critical to industrialization, supplying the energy needed to power factories and contribute to economic growth. The cheap cost […]
Rhinoceros Poaching: A Pressing Problem
An average rhinoceros, armed with a large horn and protective skin 1.5 cm thick, can grow to a thousand kilograms. In 2015, no fewer than […]
Gathering Smoke: Palm Oil’s Worrying Rise
For some in the West, climate change is still a topic to be hotly debated. However, in many areas of the world rapid shifts in […]