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Campbell House tells the story of Eliza Rone and slavery in the 19th century

3 years 1 month ago
Up until about a decade ago, it was believed that prominent 19th-century St. Louisans Robert and Virginia Campbell had never enslaved people at the St. Louis mansion that bears their name. A small detail in a St. Louis census changed that understanding, and now the story of an enslaved woman, Eliza Rone, is told in the new exhibit, “The Back of the House: Servants and Slavery at Campbell House.”

Midwest Climate Collaborative: Heather Navarro's Leadership Challenge

3 years 1 month ago

What does a Mom and environmental lawyer do after leading a statewide enviro-coalition into its second half-century and serving as a City of St. Louis Alderperson? This one, Heather Navarro, takes on directing climate action for the Midwest U.S. 

       

The Midwest Climate Collaborative, based at Washington University in St. Louis, envisions a carbon neutral, climate resilient, interconnected Midwest Region. This is seeing big: if the Midwest US (a dozen states) were a country, we'd be the sixth largest Carbon emitter in the world. Heather Navarro is on it!

Launched with an online summit in January, 2022, this partnership to date includes universities, cities, NGOs, companies and cultural institutions. Students are working in leadership roles: connecting formal research projects, educating educators, and asset mapping are activities so far, seeking options to work with the agriculture and industry sectors that powering Midwestern economics.

Solutions, strategies and shared actions are the focus of this Earthworms conversation!

THANKS to Andy Heaslet, Sierra Club national staff and Earthworms audio engineer - and to Jon Valley, KDHX production pro.

Related Earthworms Conversations: 

OneSTL: Implementing our Regional Sustainability Plan (Feb 2021)

A World Without Us? Thoughts from Author Alan Weissman (Oct 2020)

Diversifying Power: Jennie C. Stephens Advocates Energy Democracy (Sept 2020)

Under fire from Congress, FDA chief says baby formula shortage will improve soon

3 years 1 month ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Robert Califf told Congress Thursday that the infant formula shortage will likely begin to improve in the coming days, though he declined to explain to unhappy lawmakers why his agency didn’t act sooner on a whistleblower report that detailed safety issues at an Abbott Laboratories facility in Michigan. […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Protecting your inventions in Europe? Unitary patents could prove useful

3 years 1 month ago
Obtaining, maintaining and enforcing patents in Europe is complex and expensive. Currently, once a European patent is granted, it must be registered (validated) in each (European) country in which the invention is to be protected. The requirements for registering the patent vary by country, making registration of the patent complex. Additionally, any changes of ownership must be recorded in each country in which the patent is registered. Further, to prevent the patent from lapsing, annuities (annual…
Jonathan Soifer

Homeland Security Once Again Demonstrates Its Own Incompetence, ‘Pauses’ Orwellian Named Disinfo Board

3 years 1 month ago
All of this was easily predictable for, well, basically anyone. The already Orwellian-named Department of Homeland Security last month announced the even more Orwellian-named Disinformation Governance Board, with no details, no explanation, and no nothing, other than naming a somewhat controversial researcher to lead it. We called out just how ridiculous the whole thing was […]
Mike Masnick

St. Louis' development agency, St. Louis Development Corp., could rebrand

3 years 1 month ago
St. Louis' development agency on Thursday approved the hiring of a marketing agency to help develop its brand. The nonprofit St. Louis Development Corp.'s board voted to hire Candid LLC, led by President Becky Freetly, to help redesign its logo and website. The contract is not to exceed $140,000. A second phase, for an undetermined fee, could see the firm develop a strategic marketing and communications plan for SLDC, "including but not limited to economic justice," according to SLDC documents. SLDC…
Jacob Kirn