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Universities as Models for Sustainability: Georgia Campus Sustainability Network’s Annual Conference

On Friday, September 14, 2012, 108 members of Georgia higher education institutions (faculty, staff, administrators, and students), as well as interested organizations, came together for the “Universities as Models for Sustainability: … Read more

Grizzly bear along the Battle River in Alaska

Photo of the Day: Wading with Grizzlies

Grizzly bear wading through the Battle River in Alaska   Photo by Flickr member Jenny’s site See more photos by Jenny’s site on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here … Read more

Getting Kids Back Outside—NWF Tackles the Problem

Our announcement of NWF’s 10 Million Kids Outdoors goal reminds me of a journey that dramatizes the serious nature of the problem we face. On a flight from Washington D.C. … Read more

Fighting Money with Money: Campuses Divest from Fossil Fuels

Hey, did you know? There’s an election coming up! Right, right, you knew. Kind of hard to miss that one. But here are a few more things you maybe didn’t … Read more

Green Roof on PS 41 in New York

Green Roof Inspires New York School: Video

I grew up watching movies set in New York City, so I have many pre-conceived images of life there. A peaceful garden on top of a school was not one of … Read more

Gull soaring over Georgia beach

Photo of the Day: Soaring into the blue

Lone gull in flight Photo by Flickr member Pamela Maddox (lehewzher) See more of Pamela Maddox’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your … Read more

Alligator in Louisiana's Honey Island Swamp

Will Alligators Return to the Central Wetlands?

49K activists from across the country have made restoration a real possibility.  New Orleans’ Central Wetlands were once a flourishing cypress swamp, home to a dizzying array of fish and … Read more

Black bear cub climbing a tree

Photo of the Day: Headed for the Top

Black bear cub climbing a tree in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park   Photo by Flickr member Charlie Choc (cchoc) See more of Charlie Choc’s photos on Flickr … Read more

Mallard

Photo of the Day: Bottoms Up

Mallard diving underwater   Photo by Flickr member incanus See more of incanus’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to … Read more

Columbian ground squirrel, Glacier National Park

Photo of the Day: Ground Squirrel Grub

Columbian ground squirrel munching on vegetation in Glacier National Park   Photo by Flickr member Christine Haines (chaines9) See more of Christine Haines’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could … Read more