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Hurricane Sandy Oct 29 2012 Courtesy of NASA Godard

Superstorm Sandy: Building Resilience

October 25, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Just days away, the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy is no cause for celebration.  The storm surge, caused by tropical force winds, caused $37 billion in damage to New Jersey […]

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Cities, Climate change, Rising Waters
Visitors line up to tour the Team Austria house, built by students from Vienna Institute of Technology, after it came in first place overall at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. on October 13, 2013 (Credit: Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

U.S. Solar Decathlon: The Winner Is…

October 15, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

For the 19 collegiate teams in the 2013 U.S. Solar Decathlon — the waiting is over!  Proving that the Solar Decathlon has become a world competition, Team Austria and the […]

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Architecture, Higher education, Solar energy
Team Austria entry - U.S. Solar Decathlon 2013

U.S. Solar Decathlon Is On

October 2, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Despite the government shutdown, the U.S. Solar Decathlon will go on as planned. Twenty  student teams from the US and around the world have been working for two years to […]

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Higher education, Solar energy

Books Galore: Current and Coming

September 29, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

What can be more pleasurable than offering suggestions of books — for giving and receiving. Among the areas we cover: design, photography, architecture, cities, art, natural history, language, gardens and […]

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Art & Design, Books, Photography

Rewilding Europe: Parts I-IV

September 29, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Europe has four times the population density of the United States.  After thousands of years of human habitation – as well as innumerable armed conflicts – Europe, from the Arctic […]

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Biodiversity, Ecology, Endangered species, Europe, Rewilding (Biodiversity), Sustainability

Exhibitions & Events: Update 9/25

September 26, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Museum exhibitions and events are posted as a running calendar,  with items added regularly. Below are two dozen listings in art and design, photography, science and more for US museums; followed […]

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Art & Design, Europe, Exhibitions, Museums, Photography
Monarch butterfly. Photo credit Armon Wikipedia Commons. CC BY-SA

Monarch Migration Is On! Update 10/1/2013

September 11, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

MONARCHS IN PERIL: Three scientists and naturalist sit in on the Diane Rehm Show (NPR) to discuss banding monarchs, migration, population declines and  steps to turn the situation around. Listen in […]

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Biodiversity, Butterflies, Conservation, Endangered species, Gardens
No, it's not Amsterdam. The UC Santa Barbara bicycle "parking lot." UCSB ranks #1 in 2013 Cool Schools Survey. Photo courtesy of Jonas Krant.

Greenest Colleges & Universities: Just Announced

September 6, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

For the college-bound or those who want to work in higher education, the just-published 7th Annual CoolSchools Survey by Sierra Club maps out the greenest colleges and universities. Free and online, […]

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Green Practices, Higher education, Sustainability
Dinosaurs in their Time at the Carnegie Natural History Museum.

Green Museums: Part 2 Pittsburgh’s Innovators

August 29, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

In Part 2 of the Green Museums series, we feature a half-dozen Pittsburgh museums that are embedding green values and practices in how they operate and, as a result, are […]

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Architecture, Green Practices, Museums, Sustainability
Education workshops, programs for kids and outdoor experiences are powderful ways to reinforce the idea that we have only one planet to live on! At Powdermill Nature Reserve.

Green Museums Pt 2: 12 Nifty Ideas

August 29, 2013by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Green Practices in Pittsburgh’s Museums – 12 Nifty Ideas That Add Up Green Team at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Their mantra: Practice sustainability wherever you can.  Green Team: […]

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Green Practices, Museums, Sustainability

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