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Marcia Ball at Oil Spill Fundraiser

Marcia Ball and the Austin Cajun Aces Headline Oil Spill Fundraiser

,  |  Dec 3, 2010

The National Wildlife Federation’s South Central Regional Center was pleased to host a concert fundraiser for our Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Fund at Central Market in Austin recently. More than … Read more

Texas Landowners Being Abused by TransCanada Tar Sands Giant?

 |  Nov 18, 2010

Reports of landowner abuses by tar sands pipeline oil giant Transcanada are well documented in Nebraska.  But some reports of abuse are popping up in Texas, including alleged instances of … Read more

Community Colleges at Texas Greenforce Summit: “Think Local”

 |  Oct 30, 2010

At the “Preparing the Texas Workforce for the New Green Economy” Summit this past week, one of the hot issues discussed was how community colleges can engage green employers both for campus sustainability projects and to develop jobs for graduates — an undertaking that can prove challenging. Read more

Green Jobs Summit Series Kicks Off to a Great Start

 |  Oct 29, 2010

Yesterday was a big day for Campus Ecology; the “Preparing the Texas Workforce for the New Green Economy” Summit in San Antonio, Texas was a huge success. It was the first in a series of regional summits put on by the Greenforce Initiatve that NWF and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have jointly created to help spur green jobs education, innovation and training at community colleges in select regions across the country. Read more

Greenforce Initiative in Texas: Strengthening Pathways to Employment

,  |  Oct 22, 2010

On October 28, South Texas College in McAllen hosts the Greenforce Initiative’s first regional summit. Read more

National Summit: Connecting Children and the Outdoors

 |  Apr 10, 2010

Did you know that the average American child spends 53 hours per week staring at some kind of electronic screen? Today, National Wildlife Federation hosted a national summit on children and the outdoors to explore the indoor childhood problem and what we can all do at the local, state and federal level to halt this dangerous trend. Read more

This week’s “Last Chance” Appearances

 |  Nov 4, 2009

I’ll be speaking about my new book, Last Chance, this Friday November 6 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the Garden Club of Virginia Conservation Forum. I’ll also be speaking on Saturday, … Read more

Radar Could Protect Birds From Wind Generators

 |  Jul 27, 2009

As the number of wind farms increases in the United States the number of bird deaths will likely go up. Designers are looking to a variety of ways to avoid … Read more

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