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SAPPlings Public Webinar – Melting Glaciers, Rising Seas

  SPEAKERS: Dr. Richard Alley (PhD 1987 Wisconsin; Evan Pugh University Professor, Geosciences, Penn State) studies the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets to help predict future climate and sea-level changes. He has been honored for research, teaching, and service. He participated in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (co-recipient, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize), and provided re...
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SAPPlings Webinar: Artificial Turf Trouble at Our Schools & Playgrounds

SPEAKER: Kathleen Michels has a Ph.D. in neurobiology and more than 30 years of experience in biomedical research related to global public health. She and her Safe Healthy Playing Fields (www.safehealthyplayingfields.org) and Sierra Club Maryland Chapter colleagues have addressed plastic pollution in general and plastic synthetic turf field and waste tire playground carpeting in particular ...
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SAPPlings Forum: Back to the Future

The SAPPlings will be kicking off the 2022-23 school year with a student forum chock full of news about how you can get involved with local environmental and sustainability events and activities, plus a look at programs for the year ahead. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIod-6hpzgiG9NHJexXZaNygcTgB5AZ-Cbm
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