Over New Year’s weekend, I spent a very relaxing few days binge watching Downton Abbey and just taking it easy as 2016 rolled into 2017. I can never sit completely still while watching television, soContinue reading
Category: environmental health
We Should All Be Like Amanda
My friend Amanda possesses a heart of gold. She has always loved the environment and all the critters native to both her hometown in Virginia and her new home in Destin, Florida. She is alsoContinue reading
Is Ecotourism the Natural World’s Silver Bullet?
In 1991, the New York Times ran an article entitled: “Ecotourism: Can it Protect the Planet?” You’ll notice that, fifteen years later, I am asking myself the same question. Eric Weiner – author of theContinue reading
Erika Zambello
coasts, conservation, environmental health, ESC, oceans, student life, students, travel, water
coasts, conservation, environmental health, ESC, oceans, student life, students, travel, water
A Great Blue Heron Eats a Plastic Shark
A Green Roof in Durham
This weekend I discovered an ecological gem right in downtown Durham. I have walked by the parking garage green roof maybe a thousand times, situated as it is between Foster Street and Morris Street, butContinue reading
Erika Zambello
conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, leadership, student life, students, travel, water
conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, leadership, student life, students, travel, water
Human Impact on the Falls Lake Trail
The sun was going down as my fiance and I jumped out of the car, slamming the doors behind us. Cars whizzed past me on Route 98, but I hoped to quickly leave them behind and haveContinue reading
Erika Zambello
coasts, conservation, environmental health, ESC, oceans, student life, students, travel, water
coasts, conservation, environmental health, ESC, oceans, student life, students, travel, water
A Boat Ride, Aldo Leopold, and My New Relationship with Ecology
We were flying. The water and waves beneath us were nothing but elements to speed us faster, and the shoreline quickly slipped away as our boat motor powered us forward. It was hard not toContinue reading
Erika Zambello
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, students, travel
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, students, travel
Offsetting My Own Carbon Emissions: What’s the Deal with Individual Carbon Credits?
I talk about climate change a lot. I’m not alone, most of my fellow Nicholas School graduate students and I spend a great deal of our time studying and discussing the causes and ramifications ofContinue reading