Pests or Pets?
The marshlands on the Connecticut coast are alive with
parakeets? Yes, green monk parakeets from South America have found there way to more than a dozen states, and in some places they’ve run afoul of utility power lines.
Jayasudha Joseph
Posts by Jayasudha Joseph:
Social Engineering
During summer break, many college students spend their free time working at fast food joints or hanging out with friends. But University of Texas student Amanda Cuellar spent last summer doing much-needed development work in Mexico, working with Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW).
Clean Air-Cool Planet: Climate Change in the Northeast
In 1998, Ted Smith and Bill Moomaw held a conference at Boston’s Tufts University to develop the idea of starting a regional organization to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast. Clean Air-Cool Planet emerged.
Plant Invaders
The Kenai Peninsula is often named as one of the most diverse and beautiful regions of Alaska. The vast majority of the peninsula lies within public lands, including national and state parks, a wildlife refuge and a national forest (see Going Green, “Alaska in Miniature,” July/August 1998). Today, there’s a major threat to its wetlands. An invasive plant called purple loosestrife (native to Europe) has been found growing wild in nearby Anchorage for the first time.