by Sam Harrell | Nov 11, 2020 | Opinion
My after-school ritual at all of 11 years old was a kilometer walk up to the petrol station at the junction of Spring Valley Road and Peponi Road in Nairobi where I lived. Peponi means “heaven, paradise; up in the air” in Swahili, the national language of my birth...
by Sam Harrell | Mar 19, 2020 | Opinion
Each year, we approach World Water Day (March 22) through the framework of a particular perspective or theme. This year’s theme, “Water and Climate Change,” could not be more relevant to the current experience of so many around the globe. We have grown accustomed to...
by Sam Harrell | Apr 22, 2019 | Opinion
There is ample reason for us to be seriously concerned about the state of the earth and the life systems that comprise it. On Earth Day 2019, I’m choosing to focus on five practical measures, a “five-fold path” if you will, which I believe offer us a measure of hope...
by Sam Harrell | Oct 11, 2018 | Opinion
The science is staggering, the denials confounding, and our lack of action-based attention exasperating. I’m talking about a global environmental crisis that is affecting all forms of life. While some are still stuck in the “fact-finding stage,” others of us struggle...
by Sam Harrell | May 19, 2015 | Opinion
Discussions and debates on the issue of our environmental future often generate more heat than light. We tend to be polarized into camps when such discussions take place. Some have their eyes only on climate change, others on population control. Still others swear...
