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Superior files lawsuit to block opening of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
The town of Superior has filed a lawsuit of its own to block the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge from opening to the public this fall, the latest in a spate of injunction attempts aimed at the "plutonium laden" site.
How to Create an NWF-Certified Wildlife Habitat ⋆ North Coast Gardening
The National Wildlife Federation has a really effective educational program that allows people to certify a home, school, church, or business garden as a wildlife habitat garden. Why is this educational? Because in the process of certification, you learn a lot about how to create a mini ecosystem in your garden. Then, once you’re certified, everyone …
National Competition For Sustainable Water & Cleantech Ideas Launched
National Competition For Sustainable Water And CleanTech Ideas Launched
Why We Need to Look to God after National Calamity
There will be many voices in the coming days telling us to seek the wisdom of political maneuvering, the necessity of reform, and the need for unity. All of these things are good and should be considered. However, they should not be our first resp...
Pastors: Why Your Local Influence is More Essential than a National Platform
Many church leaders manage both local influence and a national platform. However, I do believe it is more important to consider what you do for those directly in your path, those God has placed in geographic proximity to your ministry. So, what is the difference between local influence and national prominence? Why would local influence be more essential to your church?
Video: Can a Desert Nation Solve the World's Water Shortage?
We are facing a global water shortage. But one tiny country, in the middle of a desert, has found remarkable solutions.
Why Save Water A Guide For Kids
Watch this video to learn how to conserve water and help wildlife at home!
What Can Be Done About the Phosphorus Crisis?
Global supplies of one of the main ingredients of fertilizer are running low, but researchers believe that restoring wildlife populations could help address the shortage.
How Absentee Landowners Keep Farmers From Protecting Water And Soil
America's vast fields of corn and soybeans have displaced wildlife and polluted waterways. Farmers could help solve those problems, but often don't, in part because they rent that land.
Can We Grow Safe Produce and Conserve Nature at the Same Time?
Farmers are destroying habitat near farms out of fear that wildlife is spreading E. coli and other pathogens to their fields. But is wildlife a source of foodborne illness? New research from Conser…
Acquiring, restoring small parcels can lead to big habitat benefits
In the land conservation and restoration world, we sometimes focus on size: acquiring big parcels, restoring long reaches of streams, creating wide wildlife corridors. But small matters, too. Protecting a grove of trees or a tiny parcel of land can significantly benefit conservation and restoration efforts.
What I Do Is NOT Who I Am
In a day and age of ‘win at all costs’, it’s incredible refreshing to see a genuine Christian on a national stage who understands what life is all about. It also doesn’t hur…
Pat Munts: Conservation workshops can help you become better steward
In the last decade or so, many gardeners have adopted much more sustainable gardening methods, reducing use of water and chemicals while working with nature to protect soil health and conserve habitat for local wildlife and beneficial and pollinating insects. In the process, many gardeners have also found that using sustainable methods reduces the amount of work needed to maintain a garden and saves them money.
Who's watching the water? Experts urge better groundwater monitoring
With groundwater use almost doubling during drought there is concern that the national bore monitoring network, by falling into disrepair, is hiding a crisis.
Why I Stopped Pledging Allegiance
Christians too often ignore questions related to national allegiance, or they get mad when people raise them. Try blowing up your next Bible study by asking the question: Should Christians stand for the national anthem or recite the Pledge of Allegiance? You might just start a br
Blame Cognitive Biases When Efforts To Conserve Water Aren't Effective
As California's drought draws national headlines, we look at what a psychology-minded engineer has discovered when it comes to conserving water at home.
Boulder scientists add to study showing climate change benefits from irrigation
Scientists at Boulder’s National Center of Atmospheric Research have teamed up with colleagues several other universities, including ETH Zurich, to conduct an observational study that has led…
New Lab Matters: When the water comes, be prepared
According to a study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the volume of rainfall from storms will rise by as much as 80% in North America by the end of the century. Not only do storms and floods threaten public health laboratory facilities, but receding floodwaters pose serious public health risks. As our feature…
Water Is an Increasingly Precious Resource — But Do Consumers Understand That?
While scary headlines about droughts and other water crises draw national attention for a moment, do they resonate with the public as pieces of a broader pattern? It’s one thing for those of us with a commitment to the environment to wrap our heads around a water crisis — it’s another to get that message across to average consumers.
Building Resilience Against Water-related Extreme Events
Researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) are working to find ways to minimise the adverse impacts of hurricanes, droughts, floods, and hailstorms. Atmospheric scientists are harnessing the power of cutting-edge technology in observations, computer modelling and data science to study natural hazards.
Bible Teacher's Guide: Nehemiah--Becoming A Godly Leader
It is no surprise that when we look at many of our national and local elections, we often find ourselves not voting for a person we want but voting for the lesser of evils. The world is in a leadership crisis, and the answer is not more training or more education. The answer is God. God is the ultimate leader and the reproducer of leaders. In fact, Scripture declares that there is no authority but that which comes from God (Romans 13:1). Leadership…
