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Adapting in Place – New Haven

(I’m planning to attend Friday night!)

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An Open Letter to my Alma Mater

This is a letter that I sent to Dr. Stanley F. Battle, Interim President of Southern Connecticut State University.  Dr. Battle, I graduated from SCSU in 2003 with a degree in Biology and Secondary Education, and then obtained my Masters in … Continue reading

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Island School

I’m dreaming today about my trip to the Island School back in summer of 2007.  You can read the whole post about it here.  I just want to share some pictures… Snorkeling… this was our “morning exercise” on the first … Continue reading

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My Students Need Your Help!

Here’s a call to all the greenies out there! I’m totally re-vamping my college-bound environmental science curriculum this year, and I’m looking for cool, exciting resources in this last week before I go back to school.  If you know of … Continue reading

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Outer Island

My grad class spent today on Outer Island, which is one of the Thimble Islands.  We did a whole bunch of data collection, but I also had a chance to take lots of pictures. Here’s the tide pool that my … Continue reading

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Sometimes You Just Have to Laugh…

Today in my environmental science class, I was lecturing on ozone depletion, CFC’s, UV, and the Montreal Protocol.  The majority of students were looking at me as I spoke, pen in hand, occasionally glancing down at their notebooks. I had walked … Continue reading

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