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Call for Nominations: ESA Regional Policy Award

ESA

Do you know someone who has made positive efforts toward environmental sustainability in the Long Beach, California region? ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

© GIDEON MENDEL, Jeff and Tracey Waters, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, UK, February 2014 C-print. Haiti (2008), Pakistan (2010), Australia and Thailand (2011), Nigeria (2012), Germany and The Philippines (2013),?England?and and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). Courtesy of the artist.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Today, he is a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Napoleon Nelson with the Champion of the Environment Award for his commitment to environmental justice and green technologies in Philadelphia and across the state.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011. The program, which launched in 2011, is a 25-year effort to install stormwater runoff-absorbing green infrastructure and improve traditional infrastructure, easing the burden on our combined sewer system and reducing combined sewer overflows.

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A Decade of Drexel and the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

After Drexel and the Academy of Natural Sciences signed an historic affiliation on Oct. 26, 2011, the two Philadelphia institutions pledged to combine their strengths to mutually expand their global scientific reputations and capabilities. 2 New Ways to Research and Study the Art of Science. 1 Busy, Busy BEES.

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A Curious Catalyst for Creativity in Social-Ecological Research

HumanNature

2011, Provenza, Pringle et al. 2014, Lein 2018, Zabala, Sandbrook et al. 2014, Lein 2018). Watson (2014). Derner (2011). ” Environmental Science & Policy 5 (1): 55-68. 2002, Brunson and Huntsinger 2008, Briske, Sayre et al. 2013, Roche, Schohr et al. 2018, Rost 2021). Venn and A. Briske, D.

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently released the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card. The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” Agribusiness—poultry and row crops—fights all measures that add environmental cost to the bottom line.

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