At the end of February, nearly 50 Scouts will meet at Nurture Nature Center to discuss how to be a good citizen and demonstrate their knowledge of their communities to earn the Citizenship in the Community badge, a requirement for all Eagle Scouts. This badge reflects the importance of civics education, and led me to... Read More
It can be easy to think that to address the intimidating environmental problems we face today, we need the newest, most innovative, most ground-breaking technology. But what if ideas for new technologies could come from strategies that have already been in use for centuries? Biomimicry is the process of observing how plants and animals accomplish... Read More
We are now in year 2 of CREATE Resilience, a NOAA-funded project designed to increase knowledge of weather and climate science, the risks from local hazards, and strategies for hazard mitigation, while storytelling and co-creating a vision for community resilience. As part of year 2, in October, we welcomed a new cohort of 14 students... Read More