I'm a freelance writer and researcher whose work touches on the undertones of culture: death, technology, religion, mind science, cannabis, place and identity, among other things.
My work has been featured or is forthcoming in Slate, DAME, The Establishment, Medium's member-only platform, The Awl, Inspirer, RANGE, Inter Press Service News Agency, The San Francisco Business Times, Oakland Local and Diablo Magazine.
I also edit Inside.com's twice-weekly cannabis newsletter and am a regular contributor to the eco-lifestyle publication, Green Matters.
Straws may be a small accessory to our on-the-go lifestyles, but this little piece of plastic has a big impact on the environment. Every day, humans produce and use 500,000,000 straws—and...
In the seven months since Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, efforts to restore the island to normalcy have been frustratingly slow. As many as 62,000 residents...
The whole point of working out is to expend some energy, but what if instead, you could create it? That’s the vision behind Eco Gym, a new green fitness center in Rochester, New York, tha...
The solar revolution is taking off across the world, but the fastest growth seems to be happening on the rooftops of India.
If you've been following green initiatives for a while now, then you know the common enemy that is the disposable cup. Whether getting a coffee, smoothie, or fountain soda, paper, plastic...
Vertical farming has gained a lot of traction over the past few years and is being heralded as the green solution to the growing global food crisis. Consisting of crops stacking in vertic...
Mainstream agricultural practices have a few major problems in need of innovative solutions. For one, industrial farming practices are hard on the environment. Farms emitted 6 billion ton...
In the U.S., construction is a big source of waste and pollution. The construction industry accounts for an estimated 39 percent of CO2 emissions in the country and 534 million tons of wa...
As companies, researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs work to make industries and systems carbon-neutral, one tiny nation in the Eastern Himalayas has them all beat: Bhutan is world's f...
