The Prairie Research Institute (PRI), a research and service institute of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign centrally located between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis, houses five
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I'm the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center's Sustainability Information Curator, which is a fancy way of saying embedded librarian. I'm also Executive Director of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable. When not writing for Environmental News Bits, I'm an avid reader. Visit Laura's Reads to see what I'm currently reading.
Arizona State University released a free sci-fi anthology about the future of solar power
Read the full story from The Verge. Over the last couple of years, organizations and companies have begun to look at science fiction in ways that
Trader Joe’s listens to customer feedback, making big changes
Read the full story at SFGATE. Tucked inside Trader Joe’s February edition of the Fearless Flyer, among the new items and seasonal promotions, was a
Get Off My Lawn
Read the full story in The Atlantic. How a small group of activists (our correspondent among them) got leaf blowers banned in the nation’s capital
Pigeons With Tiny Backpacks Are Gathering Climate Data Now
Read the full story in Gizmodo. Steadfast pigeon defenders have something new to crow about: The oft-maligned birds may be scientists’ latest tool in combating
She Invented a Board Game With Scientific Integrity. It’s Taking Off.
Read the full story in the New York Times. How Elizabeth Hargrave turned a passion for ornithology and spreadsheets into a popular game about birds.
