NRDC's Inspiring Founder, Disappearing Polar Bears, Improving Engineering Education & More

Last week brought the usual bounty of new Platt articles, including a few that have long been in the works.

First up, my interview with NRDC founder John H. Adams and his wife Patricia for Tonic.com:

NRDC Founder to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

This week's two Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American were quite popular:

More polar bear news than you can shake a rapidly melting icicle at

Humans are more at risk from diseases as biodiversity disappears

 
Taking a break from the green side for a moment, here's my latest for Today's Engineer:

New Study Reveals Opportunities for Engineering Education 

Finally, my two latest Green Tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

And the Most Efficient Appliance In Your Kitchen Is...

The Greenest Christmas Gift You Can Give Is One that Keeps Giving

More next week!

5 new eco-flavored articles

Monday, Monday! That means it's time to recap you on last week's publications.

For a five day week, there were, amazingly, only five articles last week. I must be doing something wrong.

Anyway, there were the usual two Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American:

Hawaii admits possible defeat to invasive species, researches "hybrid ecosystem" instead

Tracking a rare tortoise? There's an app for that

And two Green Tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

The Greenest Products Are The Ones You Don't Buy

Play a Game, Save a Cheetah

And finally, a new book review for Mother Nature Network:

"Whole Earth Discipline" by Stewart Brand

As I start out the week, I have already turned in three new articles and a new one that I turned in a few weeks ago has already been published. Remember to keep up with my Twitter feed for the daily linkage as new stories go live, or come back here next week for another weekly rundown!