Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Nature is the Best Teacher

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Just as art sometimes imitates life, the environment can inspire technology. In these 4 minutes by  Korea Institute of Machinery and Materia...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Using Environmental Education As Empowerment

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As the perfect follow up from my last post about the history of environmental education... In this TED Talk from May 2023, Arvolyn Hill spea...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

History of EE: Environmental Education

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October 14-26, 1977, in Tbilisi--now in the country (not state) of Georgia in what was once part of the USSR--there was the First Intergover...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Population Education's: A Quick Trip to 8 Billion

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Population Education is an amazing website that brings together a lot of globally important factors: numbers, demographics, and human impact...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The Beauty of Each Season: Winter

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Winter is probably the hardest season for me to be outside. I do love the crackling of the fireplace, the hibernation, and the coziness of b...
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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With this weekend being Martin Luther King Day I've been doing a lot of thinking about all that 39 year old Dr. King accomplished in his...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Riding the Line Between Snow And Rain

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This past weekend we were trying to time a flexible yet sizable drive based on the weather. It would have us going westward through the moun...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

The Endangered Species Act: Looking Good at 50!

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Thursday, December 28th, 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. With all the hubbub of the holidays, this li'l ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Goals for the New Year

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With the turn of the calendar, as I mentioned in the last post, 'tis the season for goals and resolutions.  Among my logistical travels,...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Happy New Year 2024

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A new year is is ahead. 2024. 52 weeks of new are right here with the flip of the calendar page.  Using ChatGPT, I created this ABC list of ...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Katherine Hayhoe's Inspirational Recommendations for Climate Content

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I subscribe to climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe's weekly newsletter. I've written about Hayhoe in the past , and her interesting d...
Saturday, December 23, 2023

Seasons Greetings 2023

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This Christmas, May you have the fulfillment Of seeing around you The people you love the most. May you have the satisfaction Of creating sp...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Winter Solstice: December 21, 2023

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This year, Winter Solstice occurs December 21st. The shortest day of the year--meaning the day with the shortest number of daylight hours. A...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Sustainable Gift Giving Meets Santa's Workshop

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This past weekend I was in a vortex of Christmas crazy and creation this weekend. My eyes were a bit bleary, crossed, tired and hurting. My ...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Christmas 2023: Christmas Cards

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I haven't sent Christmas cards for years (with maybe the exception of a dozen to extended family I never see and who aren't on socia...
Saturday, December 2, 2023

Hour of Code 2023: December 4-10

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In January of 2013, Hadi & Ali Partovi (two Iranian-American brothers) started Code.org with the intention of making computer programmi...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Simple Acts of Kindness

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This felt like a natural follow up to my last post . How can you send kindness into the world--both to people and the environment? Use this ...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

From One Holiday to the Next

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The frenzy is upon us. That super tight window of time between Thanksgiving and the December holidays. In our house, that holiday is Christm...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving

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Having a little fun with the Canva Magic Tools , I created this graphic as a sticker for some candles I'll be placing around my house fo...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

Thanksgiving Tech 2023

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It feels like it was just summer and Labor Day, but already Halloween is in our rear-view mirror and Thanksgiving is ahead in a week. Might ...