Christine Ro
https://www.christinero.com
Interested in international development, social justice, environmentalism, language, and pop culture. Would love to throw all those things into a blender.
BBC
Is it the end for the lush lawns of Los Angeles?
"The era of the lush lawn is over," declares Lynne Toby, a pensioner who has lived in Los Angeles for 40 years.
BBC
The regional accentism that secretly affects job prospects
Judgements around regional accents can impact candidates’ hireability and pay. Is there a way to end this discrimination?
stitcher.com
The Psychology of Language, with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater
The Language Game is a new book which explores the science and psychology of language and some of its mysteries too.
BBC
The tropical disease ignored for too long
Chagas disease causes misery in poor communities around the world, and may lead to 10,000 deaths a year. Health workers are trying new methods to ease suffering.
BBC
Why Argentina is embracing cryptocurrency
In Argentina, there are traces everywhere of distrust and even trauma related to the economy.
Forbes
How Ethical Is Animal Gifting Through Charities?
It seems like a fun, yet concrete, kind of donation...
Forbes
The Dirty ‘Renewable’ Energy Increasingly Heating Swiss Homes
Lucie Wuethrich’s activist journey started when her neighbor came to her crying.
BBC
Why gig work is so hard to regulate
Policymakers in many nations are trying to reform the gig economy. Yet regulations have a long way to go to meet the needs of growing numbers of platform-based workers.
Forbes
Tech-Driven Tools To Uncover Labor Exploitation
complementing in-person audits with scraping of online information
Forbes
Environment NGOs Urge An End To Russian Wood Imports Amidst War With Ukraine
As the world looks on in horror as Russian armed forces advance into Ukraine, many are looking for ways to kneecap the financial machinery underpinning Russia’s military.
Forbes
Brazil Is Now Producing Its Own Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
On Valentine’s Day, scientists in Brazil produced a special gift: the first Covid-19 vaccine doses produced fully within the country.
BBC
How climate change is re-shaping the way Gen Z works
Younger workers have higher eco-anxiety than those who’ve come before them. It’s affecting where they can – and will – work.
Nature
Neuroscience saved my life and gave me a vocation
Christin Godale campaigns for bigger research budgets and better care for people with epilepsy.
Nature
An engineer advances fire-management laws in Colombia
María Constanza Meza Elizalde is a forest engineer and PhD student at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, where she researches fire ecology and conducts fieldwork in hard-to-reach areas with recurring fire problems.