Sunday, January 26, 2025

One Week In: Resources for Dealing With the Rollercoaster of Change

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In the United States of America, we are approaching one week under the new regime since Inauguration Day 2025. I'm actually not going to...
Saturday, January 18, 2025

California Wildfires, Climate Anxiety, & What You Can Do to Help

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We all have been devastated by the ongoing destruction of the California wildfires. Our hearts go out to our California friends (those we kn...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Presidential Medals of Freedom

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On January 4th, 2025, President Biden presented the Presidential Medals of Freedom to 19 individuals in a public ceremony. This honor is the...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

President Jimmy Carter's Environmental Achievements

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With his passing on December 29th at the age of 100, his funeral on January 9th, and his body being in the DC U.S. Capitol this week for peo...
Saturday, January 4, 2025

Top 10 TED Talks from 2024

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The age-old traditions in the days between Christmas and New Year's include both looking forward and looking backwards. Making New Year...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Happy New Year 2025

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Let these sentiments be your daily guide and inspiration to the year ahead.... May... Every sunrise bathe the world in warmth and promise. E...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Happy Holidays 2025

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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, something different  or some combination of them all, may this season be one of fa...
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Winter Solstice 2024

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The slow fall descent toward Winter Solstice, where shorter days and longer nights are multiplied by daylight savings time, is always a long...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

Crystals in Action

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Given it is the "Frosty the Snowman" time of year, this video struck my eye. You can watch the creations of crystals from the comf...
Sunday, December 8, 2024

Online Advent Calendars For This Season

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Advent calendars are fun way to celebrate the season during the month of December. Here are two wonderful ones I ran across for 2024, both a...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Brave New Words: Sal Khan's Take on AI

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Like I mentioned a few posts back , I'm knee deep in books lately. Here's another one that really got my teacher brain thinking. Sal...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving 2024

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

"Digital For Good" When It Comes to Digital Decision Making

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This year, I've been devouring books. Mostly on my Kindle app on my phone. (I know, it's crazy, my husband makes fun of me.) This ye...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Plan a Green Scene This Thanksgiving

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Feasting season is swiftly approaching with Thanksgiving. With that in mind, here's an infographic I created to getting you thinking abo...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

"Are Bioplastics Really Better?" Quiz & America Recycles Day: November 15th

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Time to test your knowledge friends? What do you know about bioplastics....and are they really better? Take the quiz from the Story of Stuf...
Saturday, November 2, 2024

NOAA's 2024 Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

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Just like my Leaf Peeping Maryland map I ran across last week, I happened upon another interesting graphic on Justin Berk, Meteorologist...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween!

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Linus is not wrong! Even in 1966 when "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" came out on TV, and even in 1959 when Charles Sc...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Leaf Peeping 2024

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The beauty of fall abounds. I'm underneath a gorgeously brilliant yellow-turning tree as I sit outside typing this morning. Not only is ...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Climate Change Course Comes to College

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According to the  Education Data Initiative's website , approximately 19 million people went to college this fall in some capacity: full...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

25 years

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I recently celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary. Here's a condensed version of what I shared among friends regarding this milestone......
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Once Again...Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season

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This year's hurricane season is shaping up to be a doozy. We've already seen the wallop and carnage that Hurricane Helene left in he...