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First person: Conservation and community
The story of saving Arcadia began for me in the basement of Science Hall, the domain of the Nelson Institute. We didn’t call it the Nelson...

Hope and renewal
Confession time: I’m a huge fan of post-apocalyptic literature and film. Novels like The Windup Girl along with all the Mad Max-style movies,...

Fight for survival
If there’s a conservation challenge that tests the boundaries of hope, it might be the effort to save rhinos. Of the five rhinoceros species,...

Protecting the environment and empowering communities
When faced with the environmental implications of overflowing landfills and the social impacts of gender inequality in the workforce,...

Waste watchers
A group of fifth graders stand in a line beside a conveyor belt at the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in Brooklyn, New York. They watch intently...

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