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The 2022 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement – often regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’ – will be awarded to British physician Sir Andy Haines, one of the first scientists to sound the alarm that changes to the natural environment have dangerous implications for human health.
American Botanical Council Presents Botanical Excellence Awards at 16th Annual Celebration Ceremony
AUSTIN, Texas, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The American Botanical Council (ABC) presented six awards during its 16th annual Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards Ceremony on May 25, which was held virtually for the first time and livestreamed on ABC’s YouTube channel.
The one-hour program is available for on-demand streaming on ABC’s YouTube channel and website.
Photos of the award recipients are available here.
This year’s event celebrated the accomplishments of the nonprofit education organization in its 33rd year and honored the recipients of six Botanical Excellence Awards. ABC’s Botanical Excellence Awards were initiated in 2006. Recipients were chosen based on their outstanding contributions to the herbal and botanical communities.
District 214 shuttle system honored for serving students
Updated 4/19/2021 11:23 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested and forced teachers and administrators alike to rethink virtually every element of providing education and support services including the means of getting students to and from schools.
The hybrid learning model that s been in effect for so many school districts with some students learning from home and others opting to attend certain classes in person and others remotely presented a daunting transportation challenge.
It was a puzzle, said Cathy Johnson, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 associate superintendent for Finance and Operations. We were discussing, for instance: Do we really want students in the buildings for study hall if they want to come in for only one period? How do we make this intermittent student presence possible during the day, and then how do we accommodate student transportation in the evening when studen