July 26, 2019
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July 19, 2019
Hero of the Week: Judy Sullivan
While it’s astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins who are the celebrated heroes of the Apollo 11 moon landing, their mission may have not been possible without a brilliant NASA engineer named Judy Sullivan. As Good Morning American explained,...July 12, 2019
Heroes of the Week: Erin and Evan Addison and Andrew Arevalo
Erin and Evan Addison and Andrew Arevalo, classmates at Steel City Academy charter school in Gary, Indiana, are all rising high school sophomores and founders of the award-winning Steel City Academy podcast and were featured last week in a radio segment on NPR’s All...June 27, 2019
Hero of the Week: Bruce Butterworth Saving Coral in Indonesia
This week, John Kelly, a Washington Post Metro section columnist caught our eye with a story about Bruce Butterworth, a D.C. resident who has been snorkeling and diving since the 1980s and has witnessed first-hand the decline of coral reefs. Two years ago, he learned...June 20, 2019
Hero of the Week: Daniela Fernandez, Founder and CEO of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Daniela Fernandez started the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) as a student club at Georgetown University (where I – Monica – first met her) — but she has taken this organization to another level in the last two years — moving it to San...June 14, 2019
Heroes of the Week: Dads Who Enable Their Daughters’ Climate Activism
When Minnesota 5th graders Elena Rapallini and Aryanna Rossi asked their dads to take them on an emissions-free road trip to Washington DC to attend a conference and raise awareness about climate change, their dads were thrilled to help their daughters with their...June 6, 2019
Heroines of the Week: Two Long Time Ocean Champions
In honor of World Oceans Day, this week we recognize a lifetime of hard work and dedication to ocean conservation by Dr. Nancy Knowlton of the National Museum of Natural History, and Sarah Chasis, the Senior Director for Oceans at the Natural Resources Defense...May 30, 2019
Hero of the Week: Ma Jun, Chinese Anti-Pollution Activist
This week we salute Ma Jung, a former investigative reporter in China who has been pressuring the Chinese government and private companies for more than a decade to reduce pollution. For good reason, according to the World Health Organization, a staggering 1 million...May 26, 2019
One Cool Thing: Hundreds of Thousands of Poppies Return to the National Mall to Honor Fallen Service Members
The \\\\\\\\\\\\\\was a temporary installation at the National Mall in Washington, DC honoring the more than 645,000 American servicemembers who gave their lives in service to the US since World War I. This is the second year that the memorial has been built and watch...May 23, 2019