Posted in May 2012 …

Karyn is presenting her thesis at the University of Washington this Thursday!

“Framing global climate change in the 24-hour news cycle: 2007-2009″ May 31st @ 130pm in Bloedel 292 (map)

Check out the website Karyn built for a professor at the University of Washington

For months, I’ve been designing and building a website for Dr. Nives Dolsak at the University of Washington and it was finallllllllly published today. You can check it out here.

Change of environment

Moving to Hawaii is going to be a big change of environment for me. Not only have I spent my whole life in the Northwest, but I have also always lived in the city. Although I do work outside right now, in the University Bookstore’s parking lot, I am in between three of the busiest … Continue reading »

Bring on the funny: we created a new page for green memes!

Check out our new collection of energy-related memes. Read, enjoy, giggle, and submit one of your own. Find the link in our navigation bar or click here.

An ode to summer

Last summer Jeremy and I got a lot done. We traveled all across the west coast from Seattle to the beaches in Oregon and Southern California. We planted a garden, hung out with friends and family. We even found time to swim the entire pacific ocean. I even managed to fit in an 8:30am summer … Continue reading »

W&F got some press coverage!

May 14th, 2012 The Environmental Blog: SCIENTISTS FUEL FUTURE RESEARCH WITH CROWDFUNDING May 10th, 2012 The Monkey Cage:Mass Appeal: Crowd-Funding Political Science Research May 9th, 2012 UW’s College of the Environment’s Currents: CoEnv scientists engage in new research model through crowdfunding site Elite Daily Blog: UW Scientists Beg For Money With Crowdfunding More to come…

Cleaning up after our lives

This weekend Jeremy and I started the process of moving out of our apartment. We gathered clothes and furniture we would no longer need and posted the apartment on Craigslist. Then I rented a Zipcar – a Hybrid Insight – so that I could transport all the goods to our local donation center. I was … Continue reading »

Press release about Karyn’s side of the project

D.I.Y. Scientists Fuel The Future Of Research With Crowdfunding In less than one week, participants in SciFund Challenge 2 have raised nearly $50,000 for their research projects. The month long challenge pulled in more than $76,000 in donations during its previous round, which means current fundraisers could match their previous success in half the time. Of … Continue reading »