Children don’t protect what they don’t love. Environmental education at its best cultivates a felt connection to living systems—wonder at a bee’s flight, delight in a sprouting seed, awe under a night sky. And those feelings can be further solidified by developing a spiritual connection in which to root them.

A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers has unveiled a deceptively simple process that extracts hydrogen—one of the cleanest fuels on earth—by mixing seawater, coffee grounds, and scrap aluminum.  

Becoming a botanist was a natural career path for Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi citizen. The professor of environmental biology and best-selling author grew up in upstate New York, where she loved to wander through the countryside and forests.

In today’s fast-paced world, lifestyle choices play a significant role in determining health outcomes and overall well-being. Pollution, stress, and sedentary lifestyles are among the leading factors affecting a person’s ability to live a long and healthy life.  

Gazing up at the twinkling night sky can be awe-inspiring; its breathtaking complexity and enormity, its beauty and tranquility, are beyond compare.