The Fairfax County Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination is currently working with county residents and stakeholders to develop the first-ever Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan, or CECAP. Here is some information about this initiative and why it matters. It’s a fact: 97 percent of climate scientists agree that human-driven climate change is taking […]
Five Universal Policy Goals to Enable a Circular Economy at Scale Tuesday, February 2, 2021 8 am EST The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is excited to announce the return of The Circular Economy Show — where guest speakers join live to discuss circular economy solutions to global challenges. The show will be broadcast live at 15.00 […]
CECAP Energy Subgroup – January 27, 2021 1/27/2021 6:00 pm – 1/27/2021 8:00 pm The Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) Working Group subgroup on energy will meet on January 27, 2021 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM electronically via WebEx. At this meeting, the subgroup will continue the brainstorming discussion begun in early December […]
Coursera offers this excellent 7-hour intro-level class from Johns Hopkins (no charge so long as you don’t need the certificate). In addition to the easy-to-follow lectures and short assessments, the class offers downloadable reports and other resources, and enables you to download the videos and slides as well. Overview What we eat and how we […]
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and […]
Ecosia is both a search engine and a social business founded in 2009 after CEO Christian Kroll took a trip around the world. The idea is that you, as a user of the search engine, plant trees while you search the web. Ecosia uses the profit they make from search ads to plant trees where […]
A well-reasoned, thoughtful conversation on climate, with data, stories, and counsel. Dr. Jonathan Foley is the Executive Director of Project Drawdown and the California Academy of Sciences (which brings us iNaturalist). Yup, the video is an hour, and absolutely worth the investment of time. Learn the science behind bending the curve, viable drawdown scenarios, environmental […]
Science & Solutions for a Planet under Pressure Co-hosted by the National Council for Science & the Environment (NCSE) and Project Drawdown January 5-9, 2021 The NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference is bringing together leaders, research partners, scientists, decision-makers and friends from across the globe to share their science and solutions to the world’s most pressing global […]
Six inspiring episodes so far: Why employees are key for a hopeful future, with Bill Wiehl Chemical soup: The quest to create a toxic-free marketplace, with Boma Brown-West Global recycling, career reinvention… and the double life of Vienna Teng, with Cynthia Shih Tackling trash with data… and turning disappointment into delight, with Chris Kirschner Climate […]
Conservation, community service, hands-on environmental engineering, and social justice intersect in the work of Wine to Water, a North Carolina-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit whose mission is to support life and dignity through the power of clean water. The organization enables many ways to participate, one of which is Filter Build, a guided experience to […]