Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes: The Imperative for Additional Action
The Great Lakes play a critical role in providing drinking water, transportation, recreation, and livelihoods for the millions of people in the Great Lakes basin. Yet, the health of the …
How College Campuses got Creative Reducing Waste in 2021
Each year the Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania) program calls for best practice case studies from campuses across the U.S. and Canada to showcase programs and strategies in …
It’s Ok to be Shady: The importance of our TREEmendous neighbors
They hear everything you say, see everything that you do but they never tell your secrets! Plus on a really hot day, they’ve got you covered! While that may be …
Rolling Tides
Recent weather-related events have made it all too clear that climate change is real and it is really changing where people choose to live. As the sea level rises in …
Reduce, Reuse, Renew
Climate change is real. There, I said it, we’ve gotten that out of the way. We have a lot of tricky and uncomfortable conversations about climate change and how it …
Windy Cities
Chicago isn’t the only city that will be known for the wind! Mayors along the coastal states are looking to protect their cities from the harsh effects of climate change. …
Go Green! Go City Life!
Green Infrastructure: when you hear it, you immediately think of open fields in rural areas or forests full of trees and wildlife. Have you ever stopped to think about your …
Now That’s Where I Draw the Line!
Have you ever heard the phrase, “I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler”? If you have, you are not alone, millions of Black, Latinx, and Native communities hear …
Houston We Have PPE
Hey you! Yeah, you! Have you ever been told to clean up after yourself? If you have, if we have, it doesn’t show once we step outside, drive along the …
Broadband: Bridging the Digital Divide
Usually, when people think of infrastructure they think of roads, water systems, sewers, and bridges, rarely, if ever, does the internet come to mind. The Covid-19 pandemic showed us just …
