The relationship between the globe's crises and our everyday actions is becoming less and less clear despite the increased media and political attention on the environment. The flick of a light switch is linked to the polar ice caps melting. "The Sunday" newspaper is fundamentally connected to the disappearing rainforests. The seemingly insignificant things that we do have the power to alter the landscape in the battle to save the earth. There are living narratives of climate change that reveal the consequences of our everyday actions. In far away places such as China, India, South America, Africa, our choices are felt.And it's to those encampments of ruin that Kostigen insists we must visit to comprehend. Kostigen takes us face to face with the ramifications of environmental impropriety. Starting with Jerusalem, where we can see our history crumbling before our eyes, Kostigen then takes us to what well may be our future in Linfen, China, the most polluted city on the planet. From a waste area twice the size of Texas in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to the world's biggest landfill site in Staten Island, New York to the rainforests of the Amazon, "You Are Here" describes the environmental crisis in a different way, one that we can almost feel, see, and touch. We will be presented with opportunities for change and we will be empowered to take action on the spot, wherever we are, and see its universal effect. By combining groundbreaking research, and page-turning frontline reporting, Kostigen presents the earth from a new environmental perspective and in so doing sheds light about our place in it.
Besides my books, I write a column for Dow Jones MarketWatch. I am a former Bloomberg News editor and penned the Better Planet column and blog for Discover magazine. My journalism has appeared in numerous publications, including The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Best Life, Men's Health, and others.
I regularly appear in the media as a guest expert on environmental and sustainability issues. The Today Show, Fox News, CNBC's Squawk Box, Morning Joe, National Public Radio, the Dennis Miller Show, Bloomberg Night Talk, Planet Green, Hollywood Green, Entertainment Tonight, The Daily Green, USA Today, USA Weekend, People, Vanity Fair, are just a few of the many media outlets that have quoted or featured me and/or my work.
I am also a frequent public speaker. I have spoken at The Climate Project in Seville, Spain along with Nobel-Prize winners Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri; The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco; Disney's Environmentality; The Aspen Institute's Environmental Forum; the National Football League, and at many other conferences, events, and forums.
