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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

Importantly (and often misunderstood), he meant not that we are gods, but instead that technologies have given humanity powers that had previously been exclusive to the gods. I thus wrote the paper “ Earth System Interventions as Technologies of the Anthropocene ,” which was published (open access!)

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Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park

PA Environment Daily

said Dr. Matthew Banks, Temple University, College of Science and Technology. Teams will track data on datasheets and upload pictures to iNaturalist , a widely used app from National Geographic and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Click Here to register for our HOOT Big Adventure Days.

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Crafting Scientific Leaders and Community this Summer Through DESLA

Academy of Natural Sciences

Here we learn about climate change, sea rise, forest fires, community science, migration and local biodiversity. “We’ve gathered every summer for the past 10 years to explore the ecology and conservation of this amazing place along the mid-Atlantic coast,” says Ron Smith, director of the DESLA programs.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Announce 2024 Award Winners

PA Environment Daily

She holds a BS in Biology from James Madison University, an MS in Public Policy from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently working toward a M.Ed. She spent her childhood playing in the creeks and woods of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and this instilled an early passion for nature and conservation education.

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ESA Urges All Nations to Take Climate Action at COP28

ESA

The Promise and Excitement of COP28 ESA also conveys its excitement about the unparalleled opportunity COP28 represents to develop a pathway to end and reverse climate change because of the extraordinary advances in the kind of science and technology ESA facilitates. The World Health Organization estimates that 3.6

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GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants

PA Environment Daily

The following organizations are the recipients of a 2022 Healing the Planet grant from The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Maryland The High 5 Initiative, Inc., The following organizations are the recipients of a 2022 Healing the Planet grant from The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Maryland The High 5 Initiative, Inc.,

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners [PaEN] -- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December [PaEN] -- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov.