by Tony Mancuso | Sep 4, 2020 | The Human Footprint, What Lurks Beneath
By Shelby Cheyenne Job One hundred eighty-five years after Charles Darwin’s famous expedition on HMS Beagle, the Galápagos Islands are still bursting with discoveries, only the science looks a little different. For one thing, researchers like Craig Venter have traded...
by Tony Mancuso | Sep 3, 2020 | Food Systems, Our Favorite Stuff, The Human Footprint
By Nicole Pinsky “Gnocchi al pesto for the table, per favore.” My three roommates and I sit under a yellow umbrella at Ristorante Bar La Torre, a touristy spot along Italy’s Vernazza Beach. Our table overlooks the sparkling Ligurian Sea. Belonging to a cluster...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 15, 2020 | A River Runs Through It, The Human Footprint
By April Wendling As sunlight dawned over Richland, Wash., townsfolk bustled about, eager to start the day. In the faint chill of the early morning October air, I wove through the streets on my bike, navigating past the Atomic Ale Brewpub & Eatery and a mall...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 14, 2020 | Q&A, The Human Footprint
By Maria Maring In August 2019, Natalie Kofler joined the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) as the first Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainability Leadership. She is a trained molecular biologist with...
by Tony Mancuso | Dec 18, 2019 | Environmental Justice, The Human Footprint
By Carly Hopkins Walking around the unfamiliar neighborhood of Englewood on the South Side of Chicago, my heart rate beat in time with the sounds of a fading siren. The words “be careful” from my parents and friends echoed in my mind. The rampant gun violence in...
by Tony Mancuso | Dec 9, 2019 | A River Runs Through It, Conserving Nature, Joseph Travel Funding, The Human Footprint
By Jenna Kurtzweil The day dawned cool and overcast in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, its fingers crossed for the late-blooming monsoon. But the serenity of the scene did not extend to me and my traveling companion Taylor Jennings. While the...
