Archive for February, 2009

A Note From Helen

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Hi everyone! I hope you are well and enjoying the day. We’re having ridiculously beautiful weather here, unseasonably warm and sunny. I wonder how much of that is due to global warming? I’m so glad we have President Obama in the White House these days, someone who hopefully will look out for our precious environment [...]

Julie Francis of Colorado Springs receives Etown’s E-Chievement Award

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Julie Francis (pictured here with Etown hosts Helen & Nick Forster) and her husband Howard Drossman co-founded the Colorado Springs-based nonprofit Catamount Institute, whose mission is to inspire ecological stewardship through education and leadership. They offer an innovative after school and summer camp program called the Young Environmental Stewards (YES) Program for kids in 4th [...]