By Sarah RossAll Photos © Alison M. Jones The interconnection between environmental and social issues is undeniable. As environmental justice gains momentum in facing the most pressing issues of our time, NWNL has consciously intensified its coverage of issues disproportionately facing Black, Indigenous, Latinx, African and other marginalized communities. We are reexamining environmental injustice issues…
Continue reading ➞ No Justice – No Water – No Life
Our NWNL NextGen Blog has been a publication venue for college students and recent graduates focused on the same watershed values, threats and solutions NWNL documents. When the Covid pandemic caused many colleges and universities to close, NWNL saw a way to fill that sudden void. We offered upper-level students a blog and a peer…
Continue reading ➞ Our NextGen Team
By Sarah RossAll Photos © Alison M. Jones As we mail out our mid-year fundraiser appeal, this blog post shares some of our recent NWNL accomplishments and ongoing summer projects. Please help NWNL share its research and expedition materials documenting healthy waterways and promoting clean water available for all! Your continued support is appreciated now…
Continue reading ➞ Show Some Summer Support
By Sarah Ross, NWNL Assistant Director It has been just more than a year since NWNL officially launched our NextGen Blog Series as a mentoring and publication opportunity for college students and graduates researching freshwater and related environmental issues. I am happy to announce we have now published over 40 posts featuring the voices of 15…
Continue reading ➞ A NextGen Shout Out!
A NextGen Blog post by Johanna Mitra, Stony Brook University. All Photos © Alison M. Jones, unless otherwise noted. This is the latest post to our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed education with college internships and blogging opportunities. This NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series posts student essays; sponsors a forum for our student contributors; and invites upper-level…
Continue reading ➞ Lawn Culture in the United States
