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Backyard Gardens & Your Carbon Footprint
One powerful strategy for reducing global carbon emissions is to utilize a local food supply. Transport of food products is a major producer of carbon emissions, so minimizing dependence on food that must be trucked into stores is an excellent place for...
Emergency Kits for Travel Safety
This has been one crazy-weather winter for North America: Tornadoes tearing through the South Blizzards blanketing the Northeast Ghastly-negative windchills in the Midwest Bomb cyclone with flooding and mudslides on the West coast Fog causing massive pileups on...
Spotlight on Katheryn Fleming
One Heck of a Gap Year What began as a post-grad gap year before law school soon became a learn-as-you-go project management career for Katheryn. Taking a break after a strenuous Political Science and International Relations double major, with time spent overseas...
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
“Congratulations and be prosperous!” 2023 - Year of the Rabbit Chinese New Year 2023 begins on Sunday, January 22nd and marks the start of Year of the Rabbit. The holiday isn’t a single day. Instead, there are over two weeks of celebrations, including...
In Honor of Your Dream, Dr. King
We're working on it. But decades after your ultimate sacrifice, we still haven't figured out how to make your dream come true. True Change We've come a long way since you stood at the podium in 1963 and delivered these stirring words, but we haven't...
Who Hasn’t Taken Down the Tree Yet?
Don’t worry, there’s still time… National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day (yes, it’s official) is tomorrow! Why January 6th Anyone? Because January 6th marks the 12th Day of Christmas (or the day after, depending on which group is counting). Some Christians...
Hawaii’s Other Rainbow
December 7th, 1941 changed the course of history for the world, our country, and my own family, as my grandparents traveled overseas to join the fight as active duty military members. Paying Tribute As Navy veterans, we will observe a moment of silence today for...
Thanksgiving with a Lower-Case T
thanksgiving (noun): the expression of gratitude Wherever tomorrow’s holiday finds you… with family, friends, or solo…may you find a quiet moment to give thanks for the blessings in your life. The Power of Thanksgiving Research has shown that...
Spotlight on Angie Tran
Looking at life through the lens of Angie Tran is refreshing. An Attitude of Gratitude While society’s norm has increasingly shifted toward entitlement and complaints about what doesn’t meet every individual’s preferences, Angie operates from a well of deep...
NASA Fans?
Yeah...We are, too! One of our big missions is to support future STEM leaders. So, this year's student outreach project aims to rocket one San Diego County 5th or 6th grader into a science-filled week of adventure at AstroCamp in Idyllwild, CA. Weather permitting...