Catie Brown

Today is National Endangered Species Day, a day to recognize why wildlife conservation is important and what can be done to help prevent threatened species from extinction. In 2006, U.S. Congress officially made the third Friday in May a day…Read More

The age-old pastime of sitting in the grass and looking to the sky, picking out the clouds that look like a ship with full sails or an elephant or a dolphin, is a pleasant game of imagination. But when I…Read More

The coronavirus has dramatically halted so much of our ‘normal’ lives: dropping the kids of at school, going out for dinner, going into the office, going to the doctor, shaking hands, hugging, even just walking outside. It has also had…Read More

With the global virus claiming headlines across the world, other crises have been sidelined, including the massive bushfires that threatened Australia starting in September 2019. In honor of Hug an Aussie Day yesterday, we’re taking a look at the latest…Read More

This coming Sunday for many in the world is Easter Sunday! Easter has a long history, both as a religious day and as an ancient seasonal holiday. Many Christians celebrate Easter as the day that Jesus resurrected from the dead;…Read More

This month the U.S. is celebrating the largest literary celebration in the world, National Poetry Month! Begun by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, this month is to spread awareness about the important role that poets and poetry play…Read More

Our world has made a bumpy transition to online. Classes, jobs, and wine nights with friends are all through the medium of our screens. Even climate activism is learning to adapt and continue their mission through social media! The youth…Read More

Today is March 23rd. With many of us in quarantine and almost entirely detached from the rest of the world barring when we remote call into work or classes, it’s easy to forget what day it is, so I am…Read More

Today is the 7th annual World Wildlife Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013. Today not only marks the day the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was signed in 1973, but this year…Read More

2020 has already been a big year for the world, environmentally-speaking. We have had devastating wildfires in Australia, earthquakes in Puerto Rico, a melting Antarctica, and the relaxing of environmental protections in the United States. But this year has also…Read More