By Lisa Cohn
My good friend Elisa Wood and I are editors and founders of a news site that focuses on distributed energy. Here’s an editorial we wrote for the Oregonian about why Oregon and states across the country need to take action by installing more distributed energy.
Power Outages, Climate Threats Should Spark Oregon Action on Off-Grid Alternatives…
By Lisa Cohn
My latest piece for The Immigrant Story is about Xiomara Torres, an inspiring woman who entered the US as an undocumented immigrant and, after a long journey that took her to the Oregon foster care system, became a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge. It was an honor to meet Torres and listen to her story…I had to …
I began writing for The immigrant Story about a year ago after attending one of the nonprofit’s first exhibits, which paired profiles of immigrants and refugees with beautiful photos by Sankar Raman, founder of The Immigrant Story.
In the past year, The Immigrant Story’s audience has grown substantially. Stories, released every Saturday, attract up to 50,000 reads per piece. Last …
Be a Guest on Our Popular Youth Sports Podcast, Ultimate Sports Parent Radio!
Interested in being a guest on our Ultimate Sports Parent podcast? Feedspot recently ranked it Number 2 in its list of the Best Youth Sports Podcasts to ƒollow in 2022.
We write a story about each podcast and post it on our blog, https://www.youthsportspsychology.com/youth_sports_psychology_blog/ In addition …
My Dog Ruined my Kids’ Birthday Party, and Showed Me Who My True Friends Are
Dogster Magazine
With 14 boys coming to our house for my son Michael’s fifth birthday party, I developed a plan that detailed every moment of the two-and-a-half-hour celebration. It was designed to create the impression that ours was a well-run, loving, …
Can renewable energy sources cost less than fossil fuel generation? And are they as reliable?
Two recent studies say the answer is yes. The studies focus on how renewable energy, coupled with distributed energy resources, can be less expensive than and just as reliable as power from fossil fuel plants.
This story includes references to distributed energy …
Growing up in Kyiv, Ukraine with a mathematician father and physicist mother, Tetyana Odarich was expected to follow in her dad’s footsteps. “Math was Her Highness in our household,” says the outspoken and energetic resident of Vancouver, Washington.
Odarich enrolled in a math program at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute but was soon diverted during an unusual date with her boyfriend, a …
Growing up in Nigeria, Onyeka Azike wasn’t aware of others’ skin color or accent. When she won a coveted scholarship to attend college in the U.S., she was surprised, confused and disappointed that Americans were so preoccupied with the way she spoke English — her native language — and the color of her skin. How far would she go
In this story for EnergyBiz Magazine, Lisa Cohn profiled ten female leaders in the male world of energy.
Scroll to Page 24 to read the article: Energy Biz Women Rising…
A portrait of an Iraqi refugee’s family propelled award-winning photographer Jim Lommasson on a mission: to ensure that Americans hear the stories of Iraqi and Syrian refugees and understand what it feels like to flee one’s homeland.
When Lommasson had his aha! moment, he was working on a book project, “Exit Wounds: Soldiers’ Stories – Life After Iraq and Afghanistan,” …