Celebrate Earth Day by Saving Monarch Butterflies!
Earth Day is April 22nd! The monarch butterfly’s existence is in serious danger. This iconic insect is threatened by human impact on the environment due to habitat fragmentation and agricultural practices, […]
ECOLIFE and San Diego Students Design Water Saving Technology
While drought-stricken Californians have let their thirsty lawns go brown, San Diego schools have had to get creative to minimize their water footprint – sometimes at the cost of education. […]
A Low Tech Solution in a High Tech World
We live in the age of high tech. High technology. So common, so ubiquitous, that we almost take it for granted. This morning most of us got up and grabbed […]
The Smoky Mountains of Mexico
We arrived in Macheros as the sun was setting over the pine and fir covered hills that surround the region. The forest, shrouded in mist, made its presence known by […]
DIY Monarch Sanctuary
What a better way to start a butterfly garden than to raise your own butterflies? Building a monarch sanctuary will not only increase the odds of caterpillars turning into butterflies, […]
Aquaponics Springs to Life!
Aquaponics is growing at Twin Peaks Middle School in Poway, CA. Eighth-grade students in the STEM Challenge class are engaged in project-based learning experiences relevant to important real-world challenges. Twin […]
Beat the Drought & Save Monarch Butterflies!
Beat the Drought & Save Monarch Butterflies! There is no more ubiquitous and iconic butterfly in North America than the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. In recent decades, however, monarch butterfly […]
Drivers for Sustainability and Education
Steered by a passion to educate and inspire children, four UPS drivers have teamed up for the past eight years to improve the lives of inner-city kids in Little Rock, […]
Radar Detects Storm of Monarchs
I caught this report the other day by The Atlantic CityLab: “Late last week, meteorologists in St. Louis noticed a cloud acting peculiarly: It was beating a path toward Mexico […]
Oil Exploration Threatening Mountain Gorillas
Oil exploration in Africa’s oldest National Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage site, threatens Mountain Gorilla habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorillas. British oil company, SOCO, holds concessions for […]
