Tag: Get Involved

Events

Authentic Volunteer Engagement: Planning & Recruitment

Using peer learning exercises, class discussions, and expert speakers, Anna Liza Badaloo helps you learn how to connect more authentically with volunteers and strengthen your organization’s volunteer program. The first session on June 8 focuses on recruitment techniques and how to make your organization volunteer-ready; later sessions will focus on orientation and training (July 20), recognition and building the relationship (September 14), and supervision and evaluation (October 12). Continue reading Authentic Volunteer Engagement: Planning & Recruitment

Air and Climate, Energy

Arctic melting faster than predicted: Sea levels to rise

Sea levels could rise up to 5 feet by the end of this century, driven by warming in the Arctic and the resulting melt of snow and ice, according to a new study by the International Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). This is more than two and a half times higher than the 2007 projection of a half to two feet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Continue reading Arctic melting faster than predicted: Sea levels to rise