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Help Us Pick a Winning 2013 Lineup

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Sniffing around for your environmental questions…(Credit: Flickr/Moe)

Inquiring minds want to know: What environmental questions do you have? Drop us a quick line with your most burning Qs–if we pick yours for our 2013 lineup, we’ll give you an online shout-out.

We’ve also put together a super quick survey of a few popular questions—please take a minute let us know which are most interesting to you.

Thanks for reading in 2012, and we look forward to giving you more green news you can use next year and beyond!

How Childhood Experiences Influence Attitudes Towards Nature

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—By Judy Bramble, PhD, environmental science department chair, DePaul University

We’ve come a long way toward understanding our impact on the environment since the first Earth Day in 1970. Yet despite growing concern among scientists and extensive news coverage, many people remain skeptical about the seriousness of environmental issues. Even for those who do express concern about the environment, there is a large and persistent gap between how they say they feel about the environment, and how they actually behave. (more…)

Introducing Our 2012 Summer Intern, Taylor Greene

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This summer, intern Taylor Greene is working up a research storm for our EcoMyth-busting efforts. She’s reading and documenting everything she can get her hands on about regional environmental issues, reaching out to local businesses about reducing water usage, and even spearheading a creative marketing plan for EcoMyths on CafePress. We’re so grateful for her contributions to the team that we just had to take a moment to introduce this bright young woman to you. (more…)

Into the Wild: Proposed Wildlife Refuge Would Be the Closest One We’ve Got

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The proposed Hackamatack refuge area is an important habitat for the endangered whooping crane. (Photo by NaturesFan1226/Flickr)

Hackmatack. The word doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue…but that’s hopefully about to change for Chicagolanders, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently reviewing the possibility of creating the Hackamatack National Wildlife Refuge along the Illinois/Wisconsin border. Named for the Algonquin word for the tamarack tree, an uncommon deciduous conifer that’s native to the area, Hackmatack would be the closest wildlife refuge to the city. (more…)