Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorLeslie Ann Locke and Maika Dorantes AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic forced Fulbrighters across the globe to return to their home countries. The Fulbright alumnae featured here were in the midst of their Fulbright experiences in March of 2020 when such decisions were made. After return to their countries, Locke–Garcia-Robles…
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Changing waters: From Cape Town and Santa Cruz’s water stresses to Antarctica’s Shifting Ice
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorGina Ziervogel AbstractIn 2021, I spent 6 months at University of California Santa Cruz as a Fulbright Scholar. During my time there, I focused on understanding local water governance issues in Santa Cruz county. This related closely to previous work in my home country, South Africa, where I…
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El agua es vida, al-mā’ al-hayāt, aman iman, water is life: Traditional irrigation systems as a solution to climate change
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorEmily Hayes-Rich AbstractWith the growing pressure of climate change threatening many desert ecosystems around the globe, many communities have been returning to traditional forms of technology. From 2022 to 2023, I spent my Fulbright project using remote sensing and community-based archaeological survey to study one of these traditional…
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Leading the Change: Fulbright’s Role in Fostering Sustainability
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorEdward Prados and Terhi Mölsä AbstractFulbright Commissions worldwide can take a broader role in efforts to mitigate climate change. We propose reducing the carbon footprint of administrative operations, integrating sustainability into program design, and allocating strategic grant funding for sustainability research. We advocate for the global Fulbright Program…
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Fulbright and Global Catalyst: Frontiers of Sustainable Technologies Conversations for Earth’s Tomorrow
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorPolat Goktas AbstractThis commentary explores the shift towards sustainability in addressing global climate change, with a focus on integrating emerging technologies. Drawing from my experiences as a Fulbright alumnus, this article examines the Fulbright Program’s ability to integrate environmental stewardship with its foundational goals of peace and global…
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Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorMelanie C. Brooks I’m writing to you today from Perth, Western Australia. For countless generations, the Noongar people, the indigenous inhabitants of this region, have been the custodians of this beautiful land. Their care has nurtured a rich cultural heritage deeply embedded in the landscapes, waterways, and resources…
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A First for the Fulbright Chronicles
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorKevin F. F. Quigley and Bruce B. Svare We are very pleased to present the very first special issue of the Fulbright Chronicles. In launching this journal nearly three years ago, we sought to explore the enduring impact from the Fulbright experiences we have been privileged to have. We…
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Managing Changing Environments and Changing Economies
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorAnn C. Logue Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic: The New Frontiers of Business, Management, and Enterprise by Gisele M. Arruda and Lara Johannsdottir. Laura Johannsdottir was a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar, 2018–19. As the climate warms, Arctic ice will melt. The warmer environment will destroy some transportation routes…
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The Value of the Future: An Open Conversation
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 3, Number 1 (2024) AuthorGabriel Martino What We Owe the Future: A Million-Year View by William MacAskill, a Visiting Fulbright Scholar to Princeton in 2014. What We Owe the Future is a compelling and informed advocacy of “longtermism.” Developing the simple premise that future generations matter, the book explores arguments to show the importance…
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A Dangerous Business, Indeed
Fulbright Chronicles, Volume 2, Number 4 (2024) AuthorKatherine Arnoldi A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley who was a Fulbright Fellow to Iceland in 1976-77. When we set off on our Fulbright adventures equipped with a proposal and itinerary, we are told that what we will encounter on the ground may change not only our plans for…
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