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Leading an Evolving Organization Author: Jun 1, 2021 It all started when surfers had trouble parking to gain access to the waves. That same summer, high bacteria counts spiked, closing beaches on Aquidneck Island, home of Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth, R.I. The result was a new grassroots organization speaking out for access to clean ocean water. Almost as an afterthought, the group ran a beach cleanup, which sparked community engagement and became a defining feature of Clean Ocean Access,...

The seed that became a nonprofit ocean advocacy group was planted on a cold January day in 2006, when Dave McLaughlin was told he couldn’t park on a particular road near Salve Regina University and the Cliff Walk.

Image by Frank Carini. United States. The seed that became a nonprofit ocean advocacy group was planted on a cold January day in 2006, when Dave McLaughlin was told he couldn’t park on a particular road near Salve Regina University and the Cliff Walk. He and a friend had been surfing at a popular Newport, R.I., spot at the end of Ruggles Avenue. It was a busy day in that section of the city, famous for The Breakers and other Gilded Age monuments, as three events were taking place, including o...

Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have announced three Innovation for Impact Fund (IIF) awards for research projects that aim to accelerate problem-solving research and catalyze the rapid integration of r

April 7, 2021 Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have announced three Innovation for Impact Fund (IIF) awards for research projects that aim to accelerate problem-solving research and catalyze the rapid integration of recent research into effective policy. The IIF brings together academic and NGO experts and practitioners to develop and test evidence-based solutions to some of the worlds more intractable sustainability problems and addresses urgent e...

PROVIDENCE — In 2013, then-Rep. Maria Cimini introduced legislation that aimed to make Rhode Island the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags at retail businesses. The bill didn’t make it out of committee. In the years since, bag bans have been enacted in eight states, including three in New England, but the General Assembly has never been able to reach agreement on a law in Rhode Island. On Tuesday, legislators once again introduced a bill that aims to prohibit retailer...

Taking Care of Business Author: Dec 9, 2020 In 2019, about 4,000 metric tons of low-density polyethylene was made for shrink-wrap in the marine industry.  Adobe Stock What happens to all that plastic shrink-wrap after your boatyard crew pulls it off and launches your boat in the spring? That’s the question the Rhode Island-based nonprofit Clean Ocean Access wants boaters all across the United States to ask as part of its Shrink Wrap Recycling and Life Cycle Analysis program. The program star...

Dartmouth starting forward Knight to grad transfer to Loyola Dartmouth College mens basketball player Chris Knight, right, looks up to the basket around Bryants Hall Elisias (34) during a Dec. 21, 2019, game at Leede Arena in Hanover, N.H. Chris Knight Modified: 1/2/2021 9:08:58 PM Chris Knight is headed to the Windy City. Knight, who started at forward the last two seasons for the Dartmouth men’s basketball team, told the Valley News on Sunday night that he is grad transferring to Loyola Ch...