Three Policies Supporting Coastal Resilience
Efforts to protect and enhance our nation’s coastal resilience are, by their very nature, place-based. As coastal states and communities pursue strategies to adapt to a changing coastline, federal policy …
Climate Research Provides Insights into Wildlife Conservation
Climate change is having a big impact on many species, including the tiny American pika. Wildlife like the pika need new, accurate climate science, like the National Climate Assessment. This …
Full STEAM ahead for the Woodlawn Wildcats
How do you transform a school? It takes a village. Or rather a school and neighborhood community that’s pumped for progress! And that’s what the Green Team at Woodlawn School …
Dangerous Waters: More Pilot Whales Stranded in Florida
UPDATED BELOW On January 22nd eight short-finned pilot whales died near Fort Myers, Florida and another six whales are unaccounted for. Pilot whales are normally deepwater creatures, and can become …
President’s Budget Eliminates Environmental Education. Again.
In President Obama’s Inaugural and State of the Union addresses, he outlined the need for the United States to lead the world in both the transition to a clean energy …
Thoughts on A New Normal
I attended the Aspen Environmental Forum this past weekend, bringing together a mixture of scientists, policy makers and business leaders who all care deeply about the environment. This year the …
Green Education Funding Remains in Limbo after White House Summit…
Today I attended the first ever White House Summit on environmental education. There were speakers ranging from Richard Louv to NASCAR. The Presidential Environmental Youth Awardees were inspiring. And …
Gulf Dolphins Still Struggling to Recover from BP Oil Spill
With the Gulf oil disaster approaching the two-year mark, a new assessment from NOAA scientists says bottlenose dolphins are still feeling the BP oil spill’s ill effects – and some may …
Connecting the Great Lakes Coastal Future
This week dozens of participants came from all over the Great Lakes – Minnesota to Pennsylvania – to gain the tools necessary to protect Great Lakes coastal habitat in a …
