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Spotlight profile (Washingtonian magazine)

Spotlight: Patterson Clark
Washingtonian

Patterson Clark finds creative uses for unwanted plants... MORE

A Wild, Weedy Scourge (Scientific American)

A Wild, Weedy Scourge
Scientific American

As a single plant, cogongrass is unassuming, bucolic even. But in dense stands, it is a powerful vegetative force that alters forests and forges monocultures... MORE

Planting for the Future (Interpreter magazine)

Planting for the Future: Fighting global hunger with solutions that last
Interpreter magazine

Outshining the Stars (E Magazine)

Outshining the Stars
E Magazine

Like climate change, light pollution is an eco-problem that’s tough to pinpoint and even tougher to control...MORE

Teaching Sustainability Has Benefits for Big Business (Miller-McCune.com)

Teaching Sustainability Has Benefits for Big Business
Miller-McCune.com

Bill Thomas used to be a climate change skeptic, not believing that humans could have influenced the dramatic atmospheric shift, but two weeks in the woods — and chats with scientists — changed his mind... MORE

Bringing words to Life: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project (GW Magazine)

Bringing words to Life: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project
GW Magazine

Over half a century ago, Eleanor Roosevelt publicly defended her strong stances on issues of the times: human rights, women's rights, and racial justice.

"If you look at the issues that she confronted in the last years of her life, they're the same issues we're dealing with today," says Allida Black, Ph.D. '93, GW research professor of history and international affairs and director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project. "She's the godmother of the modern human rights movement."

Yet the former first lady is largely an unsung heroine ... MORE

Alien Invasion (American Forests)

Alien Invasion
American Forests magazine

The mile-a-minute weed’s delicate, triangular leaves look bucolic
enough, but I’m snatching handfuls of it off scraggly bushes that
cower beneath...MORE

Bankers learn climate science (Washington Post)

Bankers learn climate science
Washington Post's Capital Business section

At the woods' edge, small groups of HSBC technology managers, armed with clipboards and measuring tapes, meticulously determine the circumference of specially tagged trees down to a tenth of an inch. They're wearing bright orange vests because it's deer-hunting season, and though field science isn't in their job descriptions, their employer, HSBC bank, wants them to understand climate change... MORE

Studio 4:40 on the Web (UMNS)

Webcast helps pastor build online church
United Methodist News Service

Slow the Flow (E Magazine)

Slow the Flow
Small Fixes in the Bathroom Can Save Water, Money and Resources
E Magazine

Treasure in Your Trash (Fresh Cup magazine)

Treasure in Your Trash
Fresh Cup magazine

Array of programs push composting and its business benefits to new heights...