Food and Agriculture Beyond the Pandemic
Posted 2021-04-05
Amid COVID-19, the durability of our “food chain”—consisting of production, distribution, food service, ready-to-eat food, and restaurants—has been tested and, in some areas, broken...Stories
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Fukushima victims’ lives still uprooted, 10 years on
Posted 2021-03-11
By Mohamed Abdelfattah It has been 10 years since a major earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011. Now, the Japanese...
Northwestern Buffett Hosts Virtual Meridian 180 Global Summit
Posted 2021-01-22
The world experienced unprecedented change over the last year, as the global COVID-19 pandemic upended the ways of life many had come to take...
Theatre and the Mission of Meridian 180
Posted 2016-12-09
Advisory Council member Leigh Bienen has recently been working hard to recruit leading theatre artists to join Meridian 180. Plans are afoot to showcase...
Recalculating the Costs of Nuclear Energy: New working group explores post-accident compensastion
Posted 2016-09-03
It has happened before, and it almost certainly will happen again. A nuclear reactor melts down, and a radioactive cloud makes the surrounding area...
The Changing Politics of Central Banking
Posted 2016-06-01
People often describe a nation’s economy as a ship, with its political leaders in the wheelhouse charting the course. If you stick with that...
How Meridian 180 Was Launched in the Shadow of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster – and Why It Matters
Posted 2016-06-01
Every day Meridian 180 members take part in multilingual online conversations on timely and pressing topics that have the potential to better the Pacific...