In This Installment of Access the Experts
Kristina Hughes, Sustainability Coordinator, answers the question: What is the best way to live a sustainable lifestyle, both for the environment and personal finances?
About Hughes
A sustainability expert with more than a decade of experience collaborating on environmental initiatives in Nebraska and Colorado, Hughes holds two bachelor’s degrees from Colorado State University in forest management and natural resource management.
Access the Experts
Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.
Credit City of Pensacola
The latest coronavirus figures and curbing greenhouse gas emissions were among the topics in Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson’s weekly news conference at City Hall on Monday.
According to the latest figures from the Florida Department of Health, the numbers continue to be down in the Pensacola area.
“It’s a nine percent positive rate for May 8; that follows 3.84, 3.51 and 4.0 before that,” said the mayor. “We’re seeing the same things in hospitalizations, and we continue to stay in that same range – around 30, up and back.”
Robinson continued to ask residents to take the necessary steps to protect themselves, adding that the main step is getting the needle in the arm.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
Fort Wayne native
Jodi Leamon’s lifelong passion for nature sent her to a variety of locales while she gained the experience and professional skills that landed her in the role of Sustainability Coordinator for the Allen County Department of Environmental Management. From time spent on both coasts then to a remote island in the Bahamas, she’s been attacked by barracuda, learned how to operate a chainsaw, became a SCUBA diver as well as a certified wildland firefighter. She graduated from UNC Wilmington with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences and earned a master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago. “I graduated the same month that the Great Recession started, so I moved back to Fort Wayne and tended bar for a while when I couldn’t find a job. I met my husband Dustin and landed a job with Allen County helping people reduce their environmental footprint, so I have stayed ever since.” Leamon is al
RecycleCT Announces New Grant Honoring Lee Sawyer, Nonprofits and Municipalities Can Request $1,000 to $15,000 Written by CT DEEP
Nonprofit organizations and municipalities are eligible to respond to this competitive Request for Proposals requesting funds from $1,000-$15,000. Applicants can pursue funds in two categories, the first category for waste reduction or reuse projects; or the second for recycling or composting projects. Proposals for the Lee Sawyer Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant are due June 30, 2021.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the RecycleCT Foundation are pleased to announce a new grant opportunity, the Lee Sawyer Community Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant, which supports waste reduction and reuse in addition to recycling and composting efforts.
Adding a vital voice to the concerted worldwide effort to create a more sustainable and just planet, Selkirk College is leading the way amongst Canada’s post-secondary institutions by showing that strong local efforts can contribute to global goals. In 2015, all 193 member-states of the United Nations signed onto the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which is a universal