Articles by Laurie Mazur
Laurie Mazur is the editor for the Kresge Foundation/Island Press Urban Resilience Project, which is working to advance a holistic, transformative approach to urban resilience in the era of climate change, grounded in a commitment to sustainability and equity. Laurie has written extensively about gender, health, and environment issues.
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Is “resilience” the new sustainababble?
Resilience is an idea with potentially transformative power -- but we need to make sure it isn't co-opted by big business and the forces of the status quo.
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Women’s rights are key to slowing population growth
The best way to slow growth is ensuring that people can make choices about childbearing. But fertility rates remain high where women's status is low.
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Women, population, and the age of the ‘Black Swan’
World population doubled in the last half-century to nearly 7 billion people. To address population growth, we need to advance and secure women's rights.
