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!