Environmental pioneers have planned strategically and cooperatively to combat threats to natural spaces like development, invasive species of plants and animals, climate change, and industrial pollution. They’re showing how the human ecosystem and plant and animal ecosystems can survive and thrive together.
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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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