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Eating for yourself and the planet: Get you a diet that can …

WebThen in the 1970s, low-carbohydrate diets began to proliferate in the mainstream, starting with the success of The Atkin’s Diet and followed by The Paleo …

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Treating the blues: how blue spaces have a positive …

WebStudies like White et al. (2021)’s exploration of natural spaces and mental health show that frequent visits to green and blue spaces are positively associated with …

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There’s Seaweed in Your Milk! How Algae Drives Our …

WebNov 22, 2023. There’s Seaweed in Your Milk! How Algae Drives Our Food System. By Jessica Clemens. In elementary school, I remember being interrupted one day by a …

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An Overview of Shape Our Water: Seattle Public Utilities’ …

WebShape Our Water is a plan to identify, implement, and manage community-centered, long-term investments in drainage and wastewater policies, programs and …

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Environmental Justice: Increasingly Making its Way into …

WebSigned into law by Governor Jay Inslee in 2019, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) provides a pathway to achieving a greenhouse gas (GHG) …

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Environmental Legal Frameworks: What Are They and …

WebMany of the most relevant environmental legal frameworks today were enacted in the 1970s, in response to increasing public awareness and concern stemming from high profile …

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The power of nature in fostering connectedness and …

WebNature not only provides economic and ecosystem services, but social and mental health benefits as well. Research has shown that nature helps reduce anxiety …

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From tree to forest: resilience in the face of climate change

WebResilience according to the IPCC: The ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous …

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Orcas in Puget Sound – What Are They Really Eating

WebFortunately, humans have the luxury of avoiding contaminated seafood, but this is not true for Southern Resident orcas. In a recent report, “10 Years of Research & …

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School of Marine and Environmental Affairs

WebIntroduction: Climate change and ocean acidification threaten the persistence of contemporary marine ecosystems and the human communities that rely on them. …

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Lost at Sea: Seafarers and Mental Health

WebCW: Mental Health; Attempted Suicide The life of a seafarer can be a difficult one. Whether they fish, haul cargo, or haul passengers, it is often, by definition, a life away from friends …

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An exploration into Anishinaabe food systems – Featuring an …

WebIntroduction Our choices about what we consume and where it is sourced can contribute to positive environmental and social change. Last quarter, I published an …

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Managing Graduate School with Depression

WebManaging Graduate School with Depression. By Raven Benko. As a student of Western science, my immediate intuition was to begin this story with data. I thought about …

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A Timeline of Eelgrass Restoration

WebThe dynamic coastline of Puget Sound is known for scenic coastal views and abundant wildlife with an impressive diversity of seabirds, fish, and invertebrates. A …

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Scoop the Poop: It’s Your Environmental Doody (pun intended)

WebOn average, a dog excretes between 0.5 and 0.75 pounds of waste per day. One gram of dog waste contains about 23 million coliform bacteria, nearly twice the amount found in …

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The Evolution of Environmental Movements: Responding to …

WebRachel Carson (credit: Alfred Eisenstaedt, Getty Images) One piece of work that is synonymous with this era of environmentalism is Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, …

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Social Media and Environmental Activism: An Evolving Relationship

WebSince you’re reading this article on a screen, chances are good that you have an account with at least one social media platform. Approximately 7 in 10 Americans use social …

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Conservation refugees: The insidious nature of Western …

WebHuman-Nature Duality and Early Environmentalism The separation of humans and nature has dominated Western conservation ideology for over a century. …

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Air pollution: Our lingering pandemic, but one we can control

WebWhile rising temperatures and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses tend to steal the thunder of atmospheric-related news, air pollution is another …

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Defining Sustainable Seafood: The Use of Life Cycle Assessment …

WebBy Teressa Pucylowski Seafood has long been a valuable source of food across the globe and, despite concerns about overfishing, global per capita availability of …

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