About this blog

I created this blog in 2008 as a platform for expressing ideas and displaying my work to the world. The front page of the site functions as a blog, with new material updated regularly. Think of it as a kind of weekly magazine.

The other pages contain an archive of my work as a writer, blogger and freelance journalist. The Fugee Fridays pages contain information about a volunteer initiative that I coordinate.

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    Got something to say? I am happy to feature all kinds of interesting material on this site, and I welcome guest posts and other contributions of all kinds. If you are interested in submitting a piece of writing, an idea or a story lead, please contact me at jessefox82 (at) gmail (dot) com. And, of course, feel free to comment on my posts.

Featured Articles

featuredimage Cash Crop

Coverage of the 2010 Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference.

featuredimage Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?

Matt Petersen of Global Green, and a handful of other organizations, are working to make sure it happens.

featuredimage Is Dongtan History – Or the Future?

China's flagship zero-carbon city has thus far failed to materialize. But that doesn't mean it never will, says its planner.

featuredimage The Lessons of Dubai

The freewheeling development model that it pioneered has effectively been rendered obsolete.

local politics

So This is Democracy

A meeting of the Tel Aviv city council fails to inspire.

politics of development

Bush is Back

That’s right – that familiar goofy face is back from oblivion, calling for aid for Haiti alongside Bill Clinton.

climate change

Copenhagen’s Silver Lining

Yes, it was a total disappointment. But the very existence of COP15 has already changed the rules of the game.

documentaries

Resilient City

The makers of the film The End of Suburbia are working on a new documentary.