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About Eduardo Brondízio
Hey folks, long time no see! Since my last blogs, I’ve continued my sustainability and environmental action journey and now I’m a Student Ambassador with the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. If you haven’t heard of the Tyler Prize, it’s the most prestigious and longest-running environmental award globally— it might as well be the Nobel…
Envirobytes 8: Embracing Grief to Change the World
This week on Envirobytes, I share an important lesson I learned in British Columbia’s temperate old growth rainforests. From the fall of 2020 to the spring of 2022, I studied at Pearson College UWC on the unceded territory of the Scia’new Beecher Bay First Nation in southern Vancouver Island. While I learned much from my…
Envirobytes 7: Vitriolic Veganism
This week on Envirobytes: is veganism as “green” as it seems? While I am no advocate for the industrial slaughterhouses that produce meat in the United States, it is important to verify the validity of veganism’s environmental claims. In an age of rapid communication, widespread misinformation, and green washing, trusting blindly in a new sustainability…
Envirobytes 6: Tech and Sustainability
This week on Envirobytes: how can we use technology to support climate action? My affinity for science fiction media demonstrates my bias toward the vision of a brighter future that technology presents. While I see technology’s potential to reduce the environmental impact of our daily lives, I also understand the tremendous costs associated with implementing…
Envirobytes 5: Intro to Aeroponics
Pictured: Danville, Virginia AeroFarm Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I overviewed different frameworks for environmental management that incorporate various degrees of Indigenous knowledge. This week, I spoke with Emily Gee, Associate Marketing Director at AeroFarms, about aeroponics – a new approach…
Envirobytes 4: Indigenous Stewardship
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I looked at Per Grankvist’s work on climate storytelling. This week, I share my experience studying abroad in British Columbia and advocate for increased Indigenous led environmental stewardship. Earlier this past spring, I graduated from Pearson…
Envirobytes 3: The Importance of Climate Storytelling
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I outlined three key issues with industrial farming: soil degradation, over-fertilization, and wasteful water use. This week, I look at climate storyteller, Per Grankvist’s work and discuss the important care that must be taken in telling…
Envirobytes 2: The Dirt on Industrial Farming
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I reviewed the award-winning documentary, The Biggest Little Farm and praised its cinematography, emotional heart, and vision of a more harmonious agricultural future. This week, I dig to uncover the rotted roots of the modern agricultural…
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