Wednesday, June 29, 2022

A Plastic-cyclopedia to Ponder

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Marine debris. Microplastics. Pyroplastics. Plasticrust. Plastiglomerate. Anthropoquina. Plastic soup. Plastic pollution comes in all sorts ...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

The Intersectionality of Women’s Rights

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I’m not going to say much, other than I’m highly disappointed with the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that turned upside down women’s ri...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Summer Solstice 2022

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Today is Tuesday, June 21, 2022... Summer Solstice. The longest day of the year. The shortest night. The first day of summer. The pinnacle f...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Father's Day 2022

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This Father's Day, may the world slow down for you so you can share it with those who mean everything to you...be they your fathers, you...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Summer Break 2022 Is On!

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Today marks my last day of school meetings and events...ergo, my first official day of summer. This date has been out there, shining like a ...
Saturday, June 11, 2022

Fighting Flygskam

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It's no surprise to anyone what an impact air travel has on the collective, planetary carbon footprint. It's come to have a name: fl...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Bill Nye The Science Guy

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A bit ago (perfectly timed about a week before Earth Day) the Baltimore Speaker Series  had their final speaker of the season: Bill Nye . To...
Saturday, June 4, 2022

Nathan Sawaya: LEGO Artist for the Earth

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Nathan Sawaya's story fascinates me. Not many people go from lawyer to LEGO artist with a traveling art exhibit of his own, but Nathan d...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Chef José Andrés & World Central Kitchen For The Win... Again!

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Middle of last year ago (in the middle of the pandemic and hybrid teaching), I landed on an amazing book entitled  Immigrant Innovators: 30 ...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

What To Do When The World Feels Heavy

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The world feels heavy right now.  The horrors of Uvalde & Robb Elementary School and the loss of 21 precious people 213 other mass shoot...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

TED's "Playbook for Protecting the Planet

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A good curated list of gems is a beautiful find. It's a definite gravitational pull for me, as evidence from my recent eco and edtech p...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

Encouragement For the Overwhelmed

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This morning before school, while I was doing my daily attempt to keep my body moving on the exercise bike, I was doing my typical scroll th...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

EdTech & Innovation Podcasts

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With podcasts still on the brain, I figured I was due to give equal time to the other two sides of the triple pursuit of GTG.  Here are some...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Eco-Podcasts

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I'm a major fan of podcasts--especially on big chore days at home or when driving (especially during longer trips). Being an information...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Do Nothing Day

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Sometimes you need a "Do Nothing" Day. That's where I was recently at after a particularly full week of work and a whole lot o...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Celebrating All Mothers This Weekend

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 Mothers come in all shapes and sizes: Infant-holding new moms and moms-to-be Phone-calling our adult moms when we are grown Grandmoms, Aunt...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The Importance of Travel

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Over Spring Break, I did a little bit of traveling. It definitely was what I needed to step outside my "same ole, same ole." I got...
Saturday, April 30, 2022

David Attenborough Lifetime Achievement Award

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Sir David Attenborough is in the category of "Environmentalist Greats" like Jane Goodall, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, Rachel Carso...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Amanda Gorman's "Earthrise"

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The beauty about Earth Day is that we have come to the point, after fifty years and if you've been paying attention, that Earth Day shou...
Friday, April 22, 2022

Earth Day 2022: What Are You Going To Do?

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Happy Earth Day 2022. With Earth Day this year on a Friday, it gives you not only Earth Day to make a difference, but the entire weekend. My...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

How Well Do You Know Earth Day's History?

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As a follow up to my recent post about Earth Day and with it swiftly approaching this Friday, it is time to test your knowledge! How much d...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Holidays Abound

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Surprisingly, it is not often when Easter Sunday, the eight days of Passover, and the month of Ramadan all overlap.  This year they do: East...