Is anyone else confused by the timing of Memorial Day? I keep thinking it’s one more week away, but actually, it’s Monday. The republicEn.org team honors those who have given their lives to protect our freedoms.
I had the pleasure of meeting LanzaTech’s Chief Science Officer Dr. Zara Summers when I was at EarthX. We were both presenters at the Women’s Earth Summit and she had me enraptured with the cool innovations she is leading for her company. Basically, she had me at the Athleta pants made with recycled carbon.
It seems like all around me are high school and college graduates. If you are a graduate or you know/love one, I’m thinking of you and wish you (or yours) all good things as you figure out your place in this world.
Wow… did this week fly by or what? The second warmest April on record (coming in second to 2024’s April) is well behind us in the rearview mirror. Now Mother’s Day is Sunday (whoops, sorry Mom) and Memorial Day is a few weeks away. So basically it’s almost the 4th of July, which means it’s almost August recess.
Sometimes a person is just omnipresent, so you have to check them out. That’s the story with this week’s guest, corporate sustainabilty thought leader, Bob Eccles. A past guest (Shannon Fitzgerald O’Shea) connected us over email because she thought he’d make an excellent guest on the show.
How are we already in May? I tell you what, I am ready for May flowers after all the March and April showers. Even though a hydrangea bush attacked me, leaving a scratch near my eye, and then a wasp stung me, I have been trying to spend a little time each day outside, watching the new blooms emerge and pulling those pesky weeds.
Listen, I'm a bit of an introvert, so I generally don't enjoy conferences. But I LOVED EarthX. I found it inspiring to be around so many people from different industries doing their part to solve...
This year’s Earth Day, the 55th anniversary of the first ever such day, founded in 1970 at the nascence of America’s environmental awakening, found your republicEn.org team spending the day in different ways.
Our executive director Bob Inglis was in Charleston for the YR conference, where he met today’s guest. Evan Patroay is a one-time Fulbright Scholar, a volunteer with American Conservation Coalition, a blogger, so check out his blog, Thoughts of a Conservative Environmentalist, and for his day job, works as a Conservation and Restoration Program Coordinator for the state of South Carolina.
TGIF, Happy Easter, Happy Birthday to the three people I know with birthdays today… This weekend will find me playing tourist in DC, showing around a high school friend and her daughter. Hoping for good weather and a panda sighting (within the confines of the Zoo, of course).
I love meeting someone randomly, which is how Jonathan Leonard came to be on this show. The founder of The Sludge Hub, a shared work space (so to speak) for abandoned mine lands restoration, he had reached out to me to share opportunities to join them for an “externship” (tune in to hear more) and I thought what he is doing sounded cool. Tada!
Hello, friends! I hope this message finds you enjoying the madness of spring. I love seeing where the tulips pop up (usually not where I planted them, thanks squirrels) and all the rain has turned everything a wonderful spectrum of greens.