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Close Authorship Given the devastating economic toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and girls, the imperative to mark International Women’s Day carries more weight than usual this year.  The idea of a day celebrating the accomplishments of the female gender in the U.S. reaches back to 1909. Throughout the subsequent decade, the concept was embraced by countries including Austria, Denmark, Germany, Russia and Switzerland, but it wasn’t until 1975 that the first International Women’s Day was celebrated and adopted by the United Nations. As I began identifying leaders to include o...

A CROWD-funding campaign to kickstart the regeneration of Fishguard and Goodwick has been endorsed by award winning actor Matthew Rhys. Rhys, who starred as Dylan Thomas in the Edge of Love and won an Emmy for The Americans, has a close connection with the twin towns. "Some of my earliest memories were forged there," he said. "Playing on the beach in Goodwick and running on its breakwater, to crab fishing in Lower Town, "Fishguard remains a magical place for me. Especially now, given these trying times for tourism, this campaign comes at a critical time. "The need for not only drawi...

(Screenshot: MICHAEL ESPINOSA/The Stanford Daily) on February 18, 2021 “If environmental justice is a field, then we lose,” Ayana Elizabeth Johnson told attendees of the ninth annual Stephen H. Schneider Memorial Lecture on Thursday. “We have to include justice in our work, no matter where we work, or what we call it.” Johnson co-created the Blue New Deal, which aims to emphasize the ocean in climate change policy. At the talk, she stressed that environmental justice, a field which studies how environmental burdens impact marginalized communities, can’t be separated from the more g...

Black environmentalists making a difference in their communities Nan Kirlin As the month of February quickly draws to a close, it is important to highlight prominent black environmentalists that have been nationally and internationally accredited. The first is one from our very own state of North Carolina. Savonala "Savi" Horne is executive director of Land Loss Prevention Project. Her organization works to prevent the loss of land in African-American communities throughout North Carolina. They were incorporated in 1983 with the intent to stop the massive losses of Black owned land in the sta...

*********************** Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv, a consulting firm for conservation solutions. She recently co-created the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. She is co-creator and co-host of the podcast How to Save a Planet, co-editor of the anthology All We Can Save, co-founder of The All We Can Save Project, and she has written and presented widely on hope, strategy, and the intersec...