Still cold out there but the greenhouses are warm enough to start seeds...

Sarah Berquist, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, is offering a summer online class on Agricultural Leadership and Community Education as part of the school’s Sustainable Food and Farming Online Degree Program. morningagclips.com/umass-offers-a…

Graduate student in sustainability science wins summer fellowship from the Environmental Defense Fund umass.edu/newsoffice/art…

ridge scholar to present on career, history of Earth umass.edu/newsoffice/art…

Bill DeLuca, environmental conservation, and colleagues at other institutions strapped tiny geolocators weighing half a gram to male blackpoll warblers to get a better understanding of the birds’ annual travels. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kids…

Save the date for our annual Earth Day Celebration. This year we will be promoting hope and resilience. The day consists of a student showcase, keynote speaker, and World Cafe led by Paperbark . To find out more check out our event page: umass.edu/ses/EarthDay19.

Early exposure to a PBDEs may put children at risk for lifelong liver or cardiovascular problems, writes Alexander Suvorov, environmental health sciences. theconversation.com/kids-exposed-t…

State Geologist Stephen Mabee and colleagues have finished a federal-state collaboration that began 81 years ago to create the first complete set of 189 surficial geologic maps of Massachusetts. bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/…

Chancellor's Sustainability Advisory Committee member Amilcar Shabazz, professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois department of Afro-American studies, has been inaugurated as the new president of the National Council for Black Studies. umass.edu/newsoffice/art…

Rob DeConto, geosciences, commented on the rate of sea-level rise at a meeting last week hosted by the Royal Meteorological Society in London bbc.com/news/science-e…

Susannah Lerman, environmental conservation, discusses research that found that cutting grass every two weeks helps grow more pollinating plants that are essential for bees to survive boston25news.com/news/study-sho…

A feature story looks at Paperback, the literary magazine sponsored by the School of Earth and Sustainability, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and the UMass libraries. gazettenet.com/UMass-Graduate…

An increase in construction of oil and gas pipelines in North America will make it difficult or impossible to achieve international goals to limit global warming, says Heidi Peltier, a research fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). theguardian.com/environment/20…

Join us for a weekend with legendary composer Philip Glass 9/21 & 22, as he and UMass SES offer their thoughts on the power of arts and sciences working together, followed by a live performance of Koyaanisqatsi with the Philip Glass Ensemble! Get tix: bit.ly/2NVAahm

Still time to register for NAWEA/WindTech 2019 naweawindtech2019.org/registration

Deep Soils Have Dual Role in Global Carbon Cycle, New Study Shows umass.edu/newsoffice/art…

UMass Environmental Health Scientist Rick Peltier Explains Why Tiny Particulate Matter in Air Pollution is a Big Deal blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogge…

Hannah Johlas, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, is the lead researcher on a study on the use of supercomputer simulations to investigate the impact of wakes on floating versus fixed bottom offshore wind turbines. hpcwire.com/2019/10/09/opt…

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What is #UrbanGreening? What is the community's role in combating #ClimateChange? Check out our discussion with Ben Breger, '20MLA/MRP; Theodore Eisenman, Department of LARP professor; and UMass Amherst Honors College student Madison “Sonny” Kremer on urban greening in Holyoke. bit.ly/32k33rI