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Sam Bloch

Sam Bloch
Sam Bloch is an environmental journalist. Previously a staff writer at The Counter, he has written for L.A. Weekly, Places Journal, Slate, The New York Times, CityLab, and Landscape Architecture Magazine, among others. He is the author of Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource. Bloch is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, and a former MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow and Emerson Collective Fellow. He is based in New York City.


Dreading Those Sunny Days: The Perils of Surviving Without Shade as a Homeless Person

Sam Bloch Shines Light on How Sun Relief as an Economic Resource in the Era of Capitalism and Climate Change
August 8, 2025  By Sam Bloch
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