My latest article for the UNEP blogging competition that hopefully launch me to Brazil to cover Rio+20: Can grassroots green design with a dose of ancient Asian medicine save our world’s cities?

WIth Brazil’s global clout comes increased focus on its role as the world’s breadbasket and whether the increasing strain on its land is too high a price to pay.

Submitted for the TckTckTck Rio +20 Blogging competition, this article by Leon Kaye explores how Dubai and the United Arab Emirates can confront climate change from a public health perspective.

Less than a three hour bus ride from Rio de Janeiro is Armação dos Búzios, or just better known as Búzios, a delightful corner of Brazil.

With Brazilians’ love of the water and sports including swimming come the need for rigorous lifeguard training. And that training offers amusing and seductive scenery.

Jorge Selarón is a Chilean artist who has lived near downtown Rio for years. Between the neighborhoods of Santa Teresa and Lapa, over 250 steps that were once unkempt and dilapidated became his life work.

Rio de Janeiro’s sidewalks of mosaic pavement make travel to this corner of Brazil a more intimate experience. Feel chic as you walk along these masterpieces of Portuguese pavement.

In my latest article in The Guardian, I argue it will take both the scale of large companies and grassroots activism to transform our cities and make our living and work spaces healthier and safer.