Tag: sustainability

• July 1, 2021

  7.1.21 – Ecological Decline and Reversing the Doom and Gloom

  I recently read an opinion piece from an online publication that discussed the need to prepare younger generations for ecological decline. The article advises adults to have a serious conversation with children about biodiversity loss that is occurring to help nature-loving youth cope with eco-grief, eco-anxiety, and eco-paralysis. These feelings, which many will experience in…
• November 7, 2020

  11.7.20 – Caring for the Planet

  With many spending more time at home due to COVID, the consumption of natural resources and food waste has grown in households across the country, and quite possibly around the world. Although conservation and caring for the environment may not be the first thing on the minds of people, it should be placed on our…
• August 3, 2020

  8.3.20 Gardening…Politically Speaking

  The current Coronavirus situation has served to encourage people all over the nation to try their hand at gardening, whether there is an existence of a green thumb in a person or not. The experience has moved many to share images of their results via social media, with some boasting about their modest yields of…
• July 28, 2020

  7.28.20 – Zac in Costa Rica: Where Are the Natives?

  A few days ago, my family sat down to watch the new environmental series, Down to Earth with Zac Efron (Netflix 2020). It seems to be all the rage and meant for environmental nerds like me; or possibly big Zac Efron fans (anyone want to re-live a High School Musical moment?). I would imagine Darin…