08 October 2020
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Latino Faith Leaders Urge Action on Climate Change
Latino faith leaders are reaching out to members of Congress urging action on climate change, which is worsening the fires that are choking their neighborhoods with smoke.The poor air quality also compounds the suffering of…
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08 October 2020
SIERRA MAGAZINE: Meet the Climate Justice Influencers
In early July, Diandra Marizet—a self-proclaimed “conscious curator”—posted a selfie on Instagram. In the post, she's tilting her face to catch the light, and so her dark, cascading curls frame her face. Swipe, and upbeat…
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27 September 2020
LOS ANGELES TIMES: California grants western Joshua trees temporary endangered species protections
State officials took the unusual step Tuesday of granting temporary endangered species status to the western Joshua tree, but will allow 15 solar energy firms to raze Joshua trees that stand in the way of…
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16 September 2020
ATMOS: Translating a Wildfire Emergency
The firestorms that struck California in 2017 changed everything for Gabriela Orantes. In the early morning hours of October 9, 2017, her phone pinged. The junior college had sent an emergency alert. Alarmed that classes…
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13 September 2020
LAS CRUCES SUN NEWS: Conservation can help solve multiple crises
Our country is facing multiple crises. Yet too often, we fail to take on our challenges holistically, and so they continue down separate tracks. Fortunately, two crises impacting New Mexico are converging, with local communities…
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26 August 2020
NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS: Students of color prepare for jobs in the green sector
Seventeen-year-old Mychael Holloway is one of more than 30 high school teens who is participating in a paid internship program called Building Conservation through Diversity and Teamwork. “Usually with this type of program, you don’t…
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