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NWF Celebrates Earth Day on Today Show
Happy Earth Day! My monthly appearance on the Today Show fell on Earth Day this year, which was a nice coincidence given that wildlife conservation and protecting the planet were already on everyone’s mind. Below is the clip of the… Read more >
NWF on NYC’s WNBC
There are a lot of letters in the title of this post, but what it all boils down to is that National Wildlife Federation was invited onto New York’s NBC affiliate WNBC to share some scaley, feathered and furry wildlife… Read more >
NWF Brings Wildlife To Conan
Last night was my latest appearance on Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show on TBS. As National Wildlife Federation naturalist, I bring wild animals on shows like Conan’s to help inspire people to join NWF and our mission to protect… Read more >
Hey, Sports Illustrated: Why Doesn’t the Outdoors Count as ‘Sports’ Anymore? (Updated)
Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated ‘photo vault’ archivist Andy Gray came across a curious cover from SI’s past: This week’s SI cover is out and it features … Seals in the Pacific. Oh wait, that was Feb. 1958. My bad…. Read more >
Yes, Kids Watch a Lot of TV, But We Shouldn’t Give Up on Getting Them Outside
The scariest thing about television may not be the array of monster movies lined up on basic cable this month. A new report from Common Sense Media (PDF ) finds that more than half of all American children between the ages… Read more >
TV is Killing Me, or: Not Only Kids Need to Get Outside
I watch too much television. It’s tempting to invoke ‘Do As I Say, Not As I Do’—we’ve discussed the pitfalls of couch-potato-ism and sedentary life several times on Wildlife Promise—but this could be one habit I need to curb. Like,… Read more >
Video — Great Lakes and Invasives and Oil, Oh My!
Two of the greatest threats to the greatest of lakes – invasive species and submerged oil pipelines – were the subject of a Detroit public television legal affairs program on which I recently appeared. Among other things, Michigan Law School… Read more >
Reporters Link TV Watching to Obesity. Why Not Climate Change to Extreme Weather?
Few reporters are connecting Western wildfires to global warming despite overwhelming scientific evidence. But do other fields of research treat connections so gingerly? Read more >
