Profs & Pints DC: Encountering the Snow Leopard
• August 2, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Encountering the Snow Leopard,” on a researcher’s quest to understand what prowls within Central and South Asia’s clouds, with Charlotte Hacker, who has studied carnivores […]

Profs & Pints DC: Why I Choose the Bear
• June 28, 2024

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Why I Choose the Bear,” on the habits and virtues of Ursus americanus, with Jennifer M. Mullinax, associate professor of wildlife ecology and environmental science […]

Profs & Pints DC: District of Coyotes
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “District of Coyotes,” with Megan Draheim, professor of practice at Virginia Tech’s Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability and founding director of the District Coyote […]

Profs & Pints DC: Life at Earth’s Poles
• November 21, 2023

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Life at Earth’s Poles,” a chance to become more familiar with whales, penguins, polar bears, and other denizens of our planet’s coldest climates, with Chris […]

Editorial: Let’s Take Positive Steps This Earth Day, April 22 
• April 20, 2023

Our April, 2023 print edition lead editorial concerning Earth Day:  April 22 marks Earth Day, dedicated to celebrating, protecting and restoring our natural environment here on our life-rich planet, so […]

Opinion: A Sliver of Hope on the Climate Crisis 
• September 14, 2022

Everywhere we look we see the effects of the climate crisis – whether we wish to or not. Here in the suburbs of northern Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C., […]

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Returns to National Mall (photos)
• June 26, 2022

The popular Smithsonian Folklife Festival this week returned live to the National Mall in Washington D.C. after a two year hiatus. Established in 1967, the gathering on the National Mall […]

She Started a Green Business that ‘Changes the Way the World Shops’
• June 15, 2022

“I had to choose between going broke or breaking the world,” said Lisa D. Foster, Ph.D., entrepreneur, business coach, and pioneer of the reusable bag industry in the United States. […]