Recent Articles
FEB 15, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Is Famine the New Norm?
If we truly consider world hunger an abomination, and not merely an investment opportunity, big changes need to be made in food policy.
FEB 10, 2011 • Article
2nd Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011
Sustainability is more complex than just green policy, says William Lord. It is "a state of being in a society where the protection of the ...
FEB 9, 2011 • Article
2nd Prize, Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010
Professor Jacob Park and student Ashley Staron of Green Mountain College, Vermont, declare that to mainstream sustainability in higher educational institutions, the U.S. needs ...
FEB 9, 2011 • Article
1st Prize, Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010
By forming an environmental club in Marymount College, Agbor, Nigeria, Anthony Itodo Samuel intends to address the challenges of environmental sustainability: a lack of awareness ...
FEB 9, 2011 • Article
2nd Prize, Post Secondary Education Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010
To have a meaningful impact, Lisa Blake proposes that McGill University focuses on developing two programs--one focused towards the overall McGill and Montreal community, and ...
FEB 9, 2011 • Article
Ist Prize, Post Secondary Education Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010
Phaedra Jaggernauth, University of Trinidad and Tobago, gives a detailed blueprint on how to transform her school, from installing solar panels and reducing energy needs, ...
FEB 9, 2011 • Article
First Prize High School Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2010
Jacqueline Dufalla's inventive and practical proposals for raising student awareness at her school include field trips, an annual "Day without Power," an environmental elective class, ...
FEB 3, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Digital Rations
Internet access is politicized in Castro's Cuba and critical expression suppressed, but as technological savvy increases on the island many are able to connect through ...
FEB 3, 2011 • Article
Egypt: Liberalism and Intervention
The next time we claim that some peoples, traditions, religions, or civilizations cannot achieve democracy, rights, or freedom unless we help them, we might want ...
FEB 1, 2011 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: All Aboard for High-Speed Rail
The Obama administration has given passenger rail the strongest federal push since the days of Abraham Lincoln in hopes of spurring job growth and keeping ...