Since I retired two years ago, my attention has been divided among many things that have tugged at my heartstrings for years (which is why my blog posts are few and far between these days), like clean water, reducing plastic, knowledge-transfer sessions on various environmental topics, and writing. One of my favs is the work […]
Over the last year and a half, I’ve had the pleasure of being on the board of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA) with a group of like-minded, water-loving volunteers. The experience is everything I want in a volunteer organization: mission and project-driven, hands-on, and hyper-focused on preserving and protecting the Susquehanna River. Both the […]
It’s 9:00 a.m. on a sunny spring day in May. Devin Winand, Deputy Director of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA), Megan McCarthy, LSRA’s Community Engagement Coordinator, and Aaron Dixon, Program Coordinator for LSRA, gather at Long Level to greet a group of middle-schoolers. The kids scramble off the bus, excited to head down to the […]
Red Rose Reuses, participating in a tabling event at Open Streets in Lancaster I always love the way the universe sends you the right people at the right time once you make up your mind about what it is you want to do. I met Melissa Snavely and her husband Doug when they presented a […]
Almost ten years ago to the day, I published Oil and Water under the moniker P.J. Lazos. At the time, I thought I was being clever, using my initials like J.K. Rowling did, and also, hoping to attract male readers by using a distinctly not-female name. I had spoken to a marketing executive before the […]
Photo credit, Karl Gibbons, Third-Eye Management In April, Melissa Snavely and I, co-directors of Red Rose Reuses, had the pleasure of presenting a talk on reducing single-use plastics. Red Rose Reuses originated under the umbrella of College Park Climate Action Neighborhood (CAN), an affiliate of RegenAll. RegenAll is a local non-profit working towards carbon neutrality […]
A few months ago, I enjoyed a sneak peek tour of the new Stevens & Smith Center for History and Democracy, located on the southwest corner of the Marriott hotel at the corner of Prince and Vine Streets. The museum is comprised of what used to be two houses belonging to Congressman Thaddeus Stevens — […]
Sunset Beach, Cape May, NJ © pam lazos Pristine. The word means unspoiled, untouched, or as new, a quaint concept when describing the environment because there is almost no place left on earth that hasn’t been touched by man’s meddling. Today, freshwater supplies are more endangered than ever in human history. When only 0.5% of […]
John Naylor, a former Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA) Board member and founder of Susquehanna Plastic Pick’n 1000 (SPP1K), has another idea for getting plastic out of the Susquehanna River. This one started with a conversation John had with Daryl Lehman at Double Blaze Painting after Daryl did some painting for John, which resulted in […]
