Tag: Maisha Islam

Understanding Sustainability Through Privilege and Survival

This essay, by Maisha Islam, is one of three winners of the 2024 Sustainability Writing Awards hosted by the Office of Sustainability. You can read more about Maisha here.   The summer of 2022 completely changed how I thought about environmental challenges. I found myself caught between two worlds: the bustling, chaotic cities and the quiet, serene villages …

2024 Sustainability Writing Awards winners explore the intersections of climate, health, and environmental justice

The White Mesa Uranium Mill leaching radioactive waste near the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The bustling streets of Bangladesh and the quaint, rural villages on the outskirts both deluged with pollution. A health clinic in Milwaukee inundated with patients whose conditions are exacerbated by the intense heat of climate change.   These are the …