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Tune in on Fridays at 9:30am (EST) via Zoom. 

Everyone is welcome. Students, teachers, professionals, and the public. 

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Welcome To Environmental Fridays
...it is personal

Environmental Fridays is a free online guest lecture series for high school and early college students. But everyone else is encouraged and welcomed to attend since the environment is not simply around us but is personal to us all, to our health and survival. So, it is important that we mentor our next generation about environmental challenges and concerns. Their future, our future may be dependent on it.

Making Science Come Alive

Engaging students in critical thinking and responsible action about environmental, sustainability, scientific and technological problems that impacts public health, medicine, energy, urbanization, climate change and air, water and soil pollution. Real-world examples that may inspire and influence future career choices will be given. 

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A Free Supplement to Science Courses


Real-world topics will stimulate students’ curiosity and enhance their interest in both natural and social sciences. Includes biology, chemistry, toxicology, geography, geology, sociology, anthropology, earth and environmental sciences.

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Awesome Speakers, Real-World Examples

Our guest speakers include university professors, environmental consultants, environmental activists, environmental attorneys and government experts from the United States, Caribbean and around the world. Topics range from climate change, air, water, and soil pollution, coral reefs, asthma, butterflies, environmental justice, volcanoes, Caribbean environment, Cancer alley, and environmental health.

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Environmental Fridays News Blog
Get the latest news, views, blogs (technical and creative), videos and photos about the environment.

Season IV Environmental Fridays Public Science Announcements (EF PSA) Video Contest Guidelines
By Desmond Murray 13 Jan, 2023
This contest is open to all Michigan high school and college students. It is co-sponsored by Building Excellence in Science and Technology (BEST Early) and the Benton Spirit Community Newspaper in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate, and Honor Credit Union. It
Environmental Fridays Live Events
08 Jan, 2023
Topics in Environmental Fridays Season IV range from challenges and opportunities facing small island nations, the environmental benefits of cultivated meat biotechnology, the environmental poetry of African Americans, natural resources and environmental conservation in Tobago.
By Desmond Murray 19 Nov, 2021
Thank you to Grand Valley State University Professor of Geology Dr. Peter Wampler . His lecture on Safe and Sustainable Water for Haiti can be viewed here on YouTube. To learn more about Professor Wampler's work in Haiti visit and view the following: http://www.gvsu.edu/haitiwater . Also, a paper by Professor Wampler on Evaluation of Hand–Dug Wells in Rural Haiti can be seen here . Wampler is a broadly trained environmental geologist, geomorphologist, and surface water hydrologist with a background in both academic and government regulation of mining and storm water. He received a PhD in 2004 for work on human- and climatic-induced changes along the Clackamas River in Oregon. Since arriving at Grand Valley State University in 2004 he has worked with undergraduate and graduate students on applied geoscience research: 1) evaluating GVSU’s storm water runoff footprint and assisting in designing Best Management Practices for GVSU, 2) investigating water resources, water treatment, and groundwater contamination pathways in rural Haiti, 3) evaluating human impacts to river systems resulting from dams and other structures, and 4) Using Geographic Information Systems to create household radon hazard maps for Michigan using geologic data. Thank you also to our co-host this week, Ms. Alyssa Newsome. She is a junior at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) from McAdams, Mississippi. MSMS is a public residential high school for academically gifted and talented students, and it is a member of the National Consortium for Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS). She is a member of Wags and Whiskers, FCS and Test Prep Club. She enjoys English and Biology and after graduation, she hopes to major in zoology or microbiology and become a large animal veterinarian.
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