Nature Blog
How is COVID-19 impacting our natural world?
In the last few months, the world has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cities around the world have shut down at various levels in attempts to curb the spread of the virus. More people are spending a majority of their time at home following stay-at-home orders, and many businesses have shut their…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 5: How Forests Capture Carbon
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we have put together a 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA has also launched a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our YouTube channel, and we will be drawing a winner for our Earth Day giveaway today at 5 pm.…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 4: Earth Hour
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we have put together a 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA has also launched a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our YouTube channel, and we will be drawing a winner from our Earth Day giveaway on Friday, April 24.…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 3: Environmentalism at Home
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which, due to shelter-at-home restrictions, we are unfortunately unable to celebrate with a volunteer event. Instead, we have put together this 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA has also launched a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 2: Plant-Based Proteins
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we have put together a 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA is also launching a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our YouTube channel today, Tuesday April 21, and we will be drawing a winner from our Earth Day…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 1: Meatless Monday
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about an unprecedented period of change to our personal and professional lives. At DNDA, we’ve had to cancel art classes, temporarily close the community cultural arts center (Youngstown), and put a halt to our volunteer urban forest restoration program. Sadly, this included our much-anticipated Duwamish Alive! Earth Day event, where…