A Warning from the Past: Rising Heat & Rising Stroke Mortality
In 1971, PAJE Founder Rosalind Helfand’s grandfather, Leo Helfand, co-published an article in Weatherwise, a journal of the American Meteorological Society, titled: “Hippocrates, Thermal Stress, and Stroke Mortality — 1966.” At the time, Helfand was an Environmental Control Engineer with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. His co-author, C. Bridger, was the Chief Statistician for the […]
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Talking About COP 26
Biodiversity and our climate are both in crisis and we can’t solve one problem without addressing the other. But will biodiversity get the attention it needs at the COP 26 negotiations? Students from the University of Cambridge Geography Department recently interviewed me about this question, my thoughts on how leaders should focus on biodiversity at […]
Civiso’s Envirothon is September 4!
We’re so excited to join CIVISO’s “Envirothon” for high school students this Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 11am PDT! PAJE founder Rosalind Helfand will lead a workshop on “Ideas to Action: Your Game Plan for Saving the Planet.” Click to learn more and register! https://lnkd.in/gWNs6Bqq
CA & the UN: Join Our August 16 Workshop
Together with the California League of Conservation Voters, PAJE Consulting will host a “CA and the UN” Workshop taking place in advance of the August 23-September 3 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) discussions about the NEW draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Workshop will be on Monday, August 16 from 4-6pm. Please RSVP […]
California’s Opportunity to Shape Worldwide Biodiversity Policy
California State Assemblymember Laura Friedman, Mike Young of the California League of Conservation Voters, and I recently published this op-ed in The Revelator discussing the importance of California’s opportunity to lead for biodiversity. We say, “It’s becoming increasingly clear that we can’t solve our drought, or the myriad other environmental crises, without protecting our ecosystems. […]