June is Pride month, and an opportunity to highlight the LGBTQ+ members of the STEM community.⠀ 🏳️🌈🔬 Victoria Orphan is a geobiologist at the California Institute of Technology. Victoria was…
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#SustainabilitySaturday
♻️🌱Last month, Rose Torphy became a junior ranger for Grand Canyon National Park. At 103, Rose is actually older than the park itself! While visiting her granddaughter who works at…
#sustainabilitysaturday with a quote from Nancy Newhall
🌱“The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask.”🌱Nancy was a photography critic, conservationist, and editor whose work with Ansel Adams led to “This American Earth,”…
#SustainabilitySaturday with a rare sighting of a North Atlantic right whale calf!
🐋 With only an estimated 450 North Atlantic right whales remaining and no newborns last calving season, this new calf brings hope!🐋♻️#sustainability#sustainable#earth#ocean#oceans#savetheocean#whale#endangered#endangeredspecies#planet#earthscience#environment#environmentalscience#environmentalism#ecofriendly#ecosystem#florida#science#stem#engineering#activism#womeninstem#womeninscience#conservation#conservationist
#sustainabilitysunday with a recent visit to Bellevue Botanical for the Garden D’lights!
♻️Botanical gardens are often spaces for the community and allow for diverse, ecological systems to flourish. Not only can they serve as a biosphere for organisms, but they also filter…
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♻️Sustainability is the study of how natural systems function. One focus of sustainability is environmental protection, which emphasizes the need to recycle, reduce power consumption, reduce CO2 emissions, and reuse….
#SustainabilitySaturday – Green Halloween
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s a great chance to add some green to all the orange and black. Halloween should be fun, but it could also be sustainable….
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🌏🌎🌍Redwoods have been on Earth longer than humans have – roughly 240 million years! Redwood trees can grow up to 300 feet, making them the tallest trees on the planet….
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#SustainabilitySaturday with view from 3848 feet up on the summit of Mt. Diablo! On a clear day, you can see 40 of the 58 counties in California! But even though it’s…
I urge all individuals who call Earth home to pursue information about how our planet is being affected and it’s impact on the lives of everyone, particularly vulnerable populations that…
#sustainabilitysaturday from Hawaii!
#sustainabilitysaturday from Hawaii! 🌎🌍🌏🌊🏝 Hawaii became the first state to ban sunscreens that contained harmful chemicals damaging the ocean’s ecosystem! With such beautiful coral reefs surrounding the island, it’s important that…
#SustainabilitySaturday with Mary Robinson
#SustainabilitySaturday with Mary Robinson ♻️ Mary Robinson was the first female president of Ireland, a form UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and led her own initiative, the Mary Robinson Foundation—Climate…