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Flint water bottles become Genusee eyeglass frames

In January 2016, Michigan native Ali VanOverbeke, 28, returned home from working as a designer for a clothing company in…

6 years ago

Interfaith Leaders From Across The World Pledge To Protect Rivers, Glaciers

PNS | Rishikesh Interfaith leaders from across the world have come together in Assisi, home of Saint Francis, as part…

6 years ago

Attorney who won legal battles for Louisiana after Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill receives Coastal Stewardship Award

NEW ORLEANS, LA — Megan Terrell, an attorney in the governor’s office, was honored today with a Coastal Stewardship Award…

6 years ago

Local sorority raises $20,000 to help Flint’s water crisis

A group of women in Flint, Michigan, is stepping up to help those affected [by] the city's ongoing water crisis,…

6 years ago

How a Pediatrician Became a Detective

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha playfully talked to 2-month-old patient Taeyana Brown who has had to drink only bottled water since her…

6 years ago

Giving voice to young water leaders

A water shop in Pakistan supplied by Sukoon Water, a water treatment plant company whose founder Rehan Adamjee will be…

6 years ago

Sixth Grader Has Removed 2,215 Pounds of Trash From the Petaluma River

2,215 pounds. That’s more than an Asian water buffalo weighs. More than a saltwater crocodile weighs. And it’s almost as…

6 years ago

Update: Remember the Young Man With a Plan to Rid Oceans of Plastic?

His massive plan is scheduled to launch this summer Do you remember the teenager who six years ago invented a…

6 years ago

Can a Wetland Help a Farm? Ask These Family Farmers

The Mackinaw River on Franklin Demonstration Farm in central Illinois. Photo © Cristina Rutter for The Nature Conservancy In the…

6 years ago

Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize

LeeAnne Walters, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was key in exposing the crisis of lead-laced water in Flint,…

6 years ago