By Emily Bowers (This is Part 3 of a three-part series on climatologist, Dr. Cameron Wake. Read Part 2 here.) Part 3: On Sustainability Dr. Cameron Wake has been heavily influenced and inspired by the University of New Hampshire’s chief sustainability officer, Tom Kelly, who leads the university’s sustainability programs. …
By Emily Bowers (This is Part 2 of a three-part series on climatologist, Dr. Cameron Wake. Read Part 1 here.) Part 2: The Ice Cores of Research Dr. Cameron Wake’s research started with the analysis of ice cores from the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau and evolved to include cores …
By Emily Bowers Part 1: The Ascent from Mountaineer to Climatologist A childhood adventure in the Canadian Rockies completely altered the course of Dr. Cameron Wake’s life. He was 14 when he traveled, on the suggestion of his older brother, from his hometown in Montreal to Banff National Park to …
By Emily Bowers Tim DeChristopher’s fate was decided last week at the Salt Lake City federal courthouse. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $10,000 for disrupting a controversial federal oil and gas-leasing auction in December of 2008, but his sentence was not taken quietly. …
by Laura Hilberg Jen Hartley arrived for our meeting at a downtown cafe right on time and out of breath, having just come from an informal meeting of Grow Food Northampton board members and core volunteers. They had gathered to discuss the success of their recently completed land purchase campaign. …
By Emily Bowers: A spur-of-the-moment decision to throw a monkey wrench into a 2008 Bureau of Land Management oil and gas leasing auction made Tim DeChristopher an unforeseen leader within the environmental movement. DeChristopher was found guilty on two felony counts on March 3, 2011 after disrupting the auction in …
By Emily Bowers: On a clear evening in southeast Utah, when the sun has just disappeared from sight, the sky holds a deep azure that intensifies from horizon to troposphere. The sand and rock substrates, typically awash in dull shades of sandy tones, pulsate deep hues of red and orange. …