Something exceptional has happened in the UK since the Coronavirus self-isolation abruptly changed our worlds. A good-natured but hard-working country has now been given the gift of time. There is now the opportunity for a companionship and humour that has been missing from many lives in the rush of everyday life.
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Those of us deep into promoting environmental sustainability and spotlighting solutions for drawing down greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are now swept up along with everyone in the deadly emergency of a stealthy disease. So, how do we make the most of this mandated pause in our "work hard/drive fast/play date" lifestyle to breathe into this stay-at-home time and emerge with skills and habits more in line with living in a sustainable society? A new strategy: READ, PLANT, EAT.
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The Summit Environmental Commission received one of the Keeper of the Dream Awards on Martin Luther King day Monday. Mayor Nora Radest presented the EC's award, and Dr. Marian Glenn delivered the following remarks:
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Careful sampling and analysis is crucial to maintaining clean water sources and cleaning up polluted ones, but keeping constant track of water quality across thousands of miles of rivers and streams in New Jersey is a daunting task - one that would be almost impossible to do properly without crowdsourcing the work to a largely volunteer network.
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On December 6, Columbia High School student leaders from the Students for Justice Club (SFJ) and Environmental Club led students and community members in their second MAPSO Climate Strike. Students Jordan Muhammad, Andrea Rebimbas, Laila Gold, and Lily Forman recapped the day’s events.
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Dr. Marcheta Evans became the seventeenth president - and the first woman and African American - to hold the highest office at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ.
CivicStory covered her installation ceremony on Friday December 6.
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