Zachary Green

New York

Journalist and Segment Producer at PBS NewsHour

Producer at CNBC

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Articles

Couple lives on $132,000 in the 'Hamptons of New Zealand'

1 day ago | cnbc.com | Jennifer Liu |Zachary Green

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. When Phoebe Merrick first arrived on Waiheke Island in New Zealand, she thought she'd only be there for two months. It was June 2023, just before Merrick's final year of college, and the Virginia native planned to work a summer internship at a winery on the island.
Fathom: A Reflex of Depth in Disorienting Times

2 weeks ago | zacharygabrielgreen.medium.com | Zachary Green

“You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.”— Henri J.M. NouwenWe live in a time when the ground beneath us constantly shifts. New information — about our world, our histories, our identities, our futures — arrives with force and complexity. In these moments, we often rely on the familiar trauma-informed responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Each is an attempt to restore safety. Each is organized around survival.
I spent $41,000 renovating my rental apartment in Italy

2 weeks ago | cnbc.com | Zachary Green |Nina Zipkin

Make ItThea Duncan and her husband, Diego, renovated their three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Milan, Italy for $41,000. This is despite the fact that they are renters, not owners. Italy's government covered nearly half the cost through tax incentives. Their landlord also gave them eight months of free rent. Now Thea, Diego, and their son live in an affordable apartment while taking advantage of all the benefits of living in one of Italy's most exciting and fast-paced cities.
WARRIOR Legacy Network and Parade Deck Partner To Transform Military to Civilian Transition

3 weeks ago | einnews.com | Zachary Green

WARRIOR Legacy Network and Parade Deck Partner To Transform Military to Civilian Transition WARRIOR Legacy Network Logo From Great Servicemembers to Great Americans – Supporting Veterans After They Hang Up the Uniform.
Gen Z workers increasingly opt out of college and into the trades: ‘There are about 2 million fewer students,' says expert

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Zachary Green |Gili Malinsky

As members of Gen Z continue to graduate high school and enter adulthood, many elect to forgo traditional college degrees. That's in part because of the cost of getting a bachelor's degree, they tell CNBC Make It. The annual cost of attending a four-year public college has gone up 140% in the last 20 years, according to the Education Data Initiative. It's gone up 110% for private colleges, according to CNBC Make It calculations.
Why these Gen Zers are ditching college degrees for blue-collar careers

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Zachary Green

Why these Gen Zers are ditching college degrees for blue-collar careersWith college costs topping $200,000 and white-collar job security slipping, many Gen Zers are skipping four-year degrees for skilled trades. This path offers hands-on work, quicker entry into the workforce, and starting pay around $20–$25 an hour. From welding to landscaping, Gen Z is choosing practical skills over debt—and seemingly transforming the future of work in America.
Responsible Warmth: A Leadership Ethic for a World on Fire

1 month ago | zacharygabrielgreen.medium.com | Zachary Green

By Zachary Gabriel Green and Jordan HarrisonResponsible warmth is a phrase that speaks with quiet power — a call to action that honors both clarity and compassion. It is an orientation, an ethic, and a practice. In times marked by both literal wildfires and political conflagrations, it names a way of being that resists destruction without retreating into detachment.
43-year-old American moved abroad 16 years ago and is happier than ever—how she lives comfortably on $44,000 a year

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Ryan Ermey |Zachary Green

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. In 2008, during what would come to be known as the Great Recession, stories like Nicole Brewer's were all too common. At 27, she'd recently bought a condo on the South Side of Chicago with little money down and a loan that would likely stretch her mid-$30,000's salary thin. Then the market research firm she worked for did layoffs, and she lost her job.
43-year-old American moved abroad 16 years ago and is happier than ever—how she lives comfortably on $44,000 a year | Flipboard

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ryan Ermey |Zachary Green

4 hours agoToday is Nowruz. It marks the coming of the new year in some cultures. But what is Nowruz, and why do people celebrate it? Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday that's been celebrated for several millenniums, according to the University of Massachusettes. Nowruz, …
Expat moved to Oman 12 years ago and is never going back to the U.S.

2 months ago | cnbc.com | Zachary Green

Nicole Brewer lost her market research job during the Great Recession and moved abroad to teach English. Sixteen years later, she still living abroad. Now she lives in Nizwa, Oman, earning $44,000 annually while renting a two-bedroom apartment, dining out and traveling. This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.