Environmental Education

Editor's note: This piece, written by Switzer Fellow Margaret Rubega, Robert Wyss and Robert Capers was originally published in The Conversation.

... A study published in the Geophysical Research Letter in October found the number of dust storms in the Great Plains region has increased over the past two decades, due in part to more frequent droughts and agricultural expansion. The study didn’t include data on New Mexico, but University of Utah Associate Professor Gannet Hallar, who led the team that conducted the study, told the Journal their maps show the southeast corner of the state is seeing similar increases in dust, and especially extreme events such as dust storms.

MCLA’s annual Green Living Seminar Series begins on Wednesday, Jan. 27 and continues through April, presenting a series of virtual lectures on the theme of “Individual Actions and Environmental Sustainability.” Dr. Seth Wynes, a postdoc at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, will kick off the series with a talk titled ““Individual Actions and Climate Change: Which are most effective?”

Olivia Walton was selected by The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) for its fifth class of 30 leaders under the age of 30. She will join a growing class of young leaders using environmental education to build sustainable and equitable communities around the world.

Nigel Golden presented the 2020 Ambrose Jearld Jr. Lecture on Diversity and Inclusion in July. His remarks focused on the importance of addressing the cultural and structural barriers to full participation by marginalized communities in STEM. Golden provided a framework for addressing the systemic issues that may explain and/or address those barriers.

Fellow Alicia Daniel, Executive Director of the Vermont Master Naturalist Program, leads viewers on a spring hike to learn the characteristics of 10 common Northeast trees in this video.

Editor's note: The following piece first appeared on the Waterfront Alliance's website.

Zully Juarez and team have published an article in IJERPH about the program they implemented that incorporated air monitoring and storytelling with youth in environmental justice organizations around the Los Angeles area.

In our polarized world, it is easy for conversations to get stuck. How can we find new pathways forward on the big issues of our time, whether at the holiday dinner table, in our organizations, or on the wider political stage? Fellow Jason Jay from MIT Sloan explores what happens inside ourselves when conversations go off the rails in this TEDxBocaRaton presentation.