Heroes of the 21st Century

Heroes of the 21st Century

Behind the Episode: U.S. EPA’s P3 Student Design Competition

The U.S. EPA’s P3 Student Design Competition is a terrific chance for college students & their professors to get funding for research projects related to sustainability & climate change (“P3” stands for “People, Prosperity & Planet”). If you missed the February 1, 2023 deadline mentioned in the comic, not to worry! The program is in

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Behind the Episode: Sending Some Video Game Mojo to the Delegates at COP15

Delegates to the COP15 Biodiversity conference have convened in December 2022 to (hopefully) take action on global measures to protect earth’s biodiversity.  Success requires that enough delegates truly feel the urgency of the situation, and act accordingly. In thinking about this challenge, I remembered reading about research that suggests that video games have the power to

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Behind the Episode: Biomimicry – Look it Up!

Biomimicry is an absolutely fascinating field in which scientists, engineers, architects, urban planners and many others look to nature for cues on how to do things better.  The basic idea is this:  The traditional ways in which we humans make the things we need (fuels, rubbers, plastics, dyes, glues, structural materials, etc…) require tons of

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