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Latest Blog Posts
06
AugThe Greatest Little Paintbrush Ever
On August 6, 1881, doctor and bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming was born. As a doctor in the British Army Medical Corps (WWI), Fleming relied on his own skills in titration, the continuous measurement and adjustment in balancing a medication … Continue reading →
21
JunDown to the Last Detail
On June 21, 1868, English zoologist Edwin Stephen Goodrich was born. As a promising student at the Slade School of Art, Goodrich became interested in zoology eventually specializing in comparative anatomy – a study that uses the data and achievements … Continue reading →
Category Archives: EcoResource
BIRDCAST ALERTS!
NOW! BIRDCAST ALERTS to give us Real Time heads-up about migratory birds on the move. This BirdCast Alert is a project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Colorado State University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst. THEN check out the … Continue reading
Posted in EcoResource, On This Day
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Our New Partnership
with EcoSchools Canada
We have teamed up with EcoSchools Canada to give students across the country the opportunity to participate in the school-based Bondar Challenge and support their EcoSchools certification application. The nature photography challenge is inspired by the remarkable work of … Continue reading
Posted in EcoResource, The Bondar Challenge
Tagged EcoSchools Canada, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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with EcoSchools Canada
with EcoSchools Canada
Space Perspective
On December 3, 2018, Dr. David Saint-Jacques will co-pilot Russian Soyuz spacecraft for the six-hour journey to the International Space Station [ISS]. The crew trio includes its Russian mission commander Oleg Kononenko and American astronaut Anne McClain. During his … Continue reading
Posted in EcoResource
Tagged AMASS Research Project, Avian Migration Aerial Surface Space, Dr. David Saint-Jacques, Dr. Roberta Bondar, migratory bird habitats, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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Dark Skies
In the North American cities we live, it is often difficult at night to tell the few stars we might see from the airplane headlights twinkling at us. The city’s artificial light may dim in the “off hours” of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Skies, Dark Sky, Milky Way, The Roberta Bondar Foundation EcoResource
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