Quiz | October 2024 | Food Insecurity
Think you know a lot about food? What about food insecurity? Put your knowledge to the test and discover how food security and our environment go hand-in-hand.
A Warming Climate Means More Hunger: The Overlap of Food Security and Our Environment
Today, roughly 821 million people worldwide are considered undernourished, according to a 2023 report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. This lack of nourishment has a wide array of consequences, including stunting growth (currently impact 151 million children under five), leading to iron deficiency in millions of women and young girls, and obesity, […]
Quiz | September 2024 | Public Access Laws
The Great Outdoors are amazing! But, legally speaking, how much access do you really have to nature? It’s time to find out!
Public Parks and Urban Green Spaces: A History of Accessibility
To really understand the origin of public parks in America, we’re going to have to look back to Victorian era England (1837 – 1901) and what was considered at the time to be a moral duty of the wealthy to educate and positively influence the working class. By spending time in what was considered a […]
Quiz | August 2024 | Fungi
Is it pronounced fun-gee or fun-guy? What is mycofiltration? And do fungal filters really work on polluted water? It’s time to find out.
Essential Facts About Sustainable Water Infrastructure—And How It Impacts You!
America’s water infrastructure is massive, old, and in major need of overhaul. Depending on where you live in the country, you may be more aware of this than others. Over the past 50 years, U.S. federal spending on water infrastructure has decreased by more than 85%, and that lack of investment shows. From crumbling concrete […]
Quiz | July 2024 | How Much Do You Know About Plastics?
Are you a recycling wizard? Do you know your #1 from your #7 plastics? If you think you have what it takes to ace this plastics quiz, it’s time to find out!
Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, and the Recycling Myth That’s Destroying Our Planet
If wishes were fishes, they’d be swimming in plastic. Since 1970, the amount of plastic humans have created and disposed of has skyrocketed. Now we’re finding plastics and plastic particles on our beaches, atop mountains, in our water, and now in our bodies. Given the number of new plastics created every year (approximately 380 million […]
Quiz | June 2024 | Could You Survive on a Coral Reef?
Coral reefs are beautiful, delicate ecosystems with hundreds of different species living in harmony… but they can also house deadly secrets. Do you have the knowledge to make your home on the reef?
Celebrating Diversity in the Deep Sea
“The sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes.” ― Adam Nicolson Our global oceans are a massive resource; from maintaining global temperatures and weather patterns to providing critical food and mineral resources, we simply could not live without them. And yet, in total, we’ve managed to explore and map less than 20% […]