Listening and Learning: Achieving Environmental Wins Through Convening September marks the two year anniversary of the first CRC Roundtable. When establishing this platform, one of CRC’s priorities was to create a space where all people could gather and have an open, honest discussion. To celebrate the Roundtable’s birthday, we’re taking a look at lessons [...]
A Framework for Growth in Internships Getting started in the science and environmental restoration workforce can be a daunting and twisting path. Internships help young scientists experience and better understand what a career in the geosciences might look like, but beyond research experience, are we giving interns the soft skills they need to succeed on [...]
Beating the Heat: Heat Islands and the Importance of Trees Lauren Huey, Communications Manager at Green Fin Studio, moderated the webinar and spoke with two expert speakers who discussed how increasing temperatures are overwhelming our local communities. Jeremy Hoffman, David and Jane Cohn Scientist, Science Museum of Virginia; and Peggy Van [...]
August 2022 A Note from the Moderator “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb Lauren Huey, Communications Manager at Green Fin Studio I had the honor of moderating the July CRC Roundtable webinar after almost two years of [...]
Beating the Heat: Heat Islands and the Importance of Trees The term "heat island” refers to an area that is significantly warmer than its surroundings, generally due to human activities. The temperature difference between the heat island and surrounding areas is usually larger at night than during the day, and is most noticeable during [...]
Community Science: Live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium Denice Wardrop, Executive Director of CRC, and Patrick Neale, Principal Investigator at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, moderated the webinar with two speakers engaged with participatory science. Alison Cawood, Citizen Science Coordinator at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and Julie Vastine, Director [...]
July 2022 Director's Corner “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss The June CRC Roundtable webinar was live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, a new and exciting challenge for us! Our panelists were speakers and session chairs [...]
Community Science: Live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium Citizen science has undergone a rebranding as it has expanded in popularity; it is now often referred to as “community science” to be more inclusive. However you put it, community science is more than just a feel-good way of getting the general public involved in [...]
Chesapeake Community Research Symposium The Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2022 will take place both in-person at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland and virtually through Zoom from June 6-8. The title of this year’s symposium is Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Resilience, and Reflection: Progress and Future Challenges. In person attendees will be required to [...]
June 2022 Director's Corner “Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man.” - Gilbert F. White The May CRC Roundtable webinar was of special significance to CRC because it is out of tropical storm Agnes that we were born as a formal organization - we too [...]
