Awareness

Benjamin Jones is a landscape architect, planner, and horticulturist by trade who is the Coastal Crescent Trail Project Manager for North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail, which spans about 1,200 miles across the state. As a staff member of Friends of the…Read More

American Business Women’s Day is celebrated on September 22 to honor women’s work in business across the nation, as well as to support their rights for greater equality in the workplace. Whether we are considering women who work in small,…Read More

Hispanic Heritage Month starts next week. It is celebrated every year from September 15th until October 15th, providing a space to honor, remember, and celebrate the rich histories, personalities, and traditions of Hispanic/Latino/Latinx communities. What began as a week-long observation…Read More

As of right now, the world is clocking in at about 7.75 billion people. The Earth provides us with an untold amount of resources. It gives us a home, nourishment, and shelter from the elements. But its resources are limited,…Read More

World Refugee Day falls on June 20th each year, but it never looks the same in a world with an ever-evolving political environment. The UN Refugee Agency sponsors this holiday and decides upon an annual theme. For 2022, this is,…Read More

For June’s 18 Questions, we sat down with Emily McGinty, co-founder of the Duke Campus Farm in Durham, North Carolina. A passionate advocate of sustainable agriculture, social justice, and higher education, Emily is now assistant program manager at DCF. With…Read More

Stand for Children Day is honored annually on June 1st to raise awareness about the issues youth in our country must often face – issues that we, as adults, can help combat. Target themes include education and literacy, racial justice,…Read More

For years, Black people have been underrepresented in conversations around climate change, and in depictions of environmental leisure, they rarely show up. Black people are obviously far from ambivalent about the environment; it is well known that in the United…Read More

Happy National Hot Tea Day! After water, tea is the second most popularly consumed beverage in the world, playing particularly integral roles in cultures like that of Morocco, South Asia, China, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, tea is…Read More

Created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa begins on December 26th and ends on January 1st each year. Nevertheless, many people still do not know what it entails. In short, Kwanzaa is a secular holiday that celebrates African people worldwide,…Read More