Events

Francine Stephenson will speak to us and show us a documentary about how Johnston County stopped the Atlantic Coast Pipeline from coming through their community.  The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, which Lois Gibbs created, provided a grant to these citizens to help with the fight, and that was crucial to their success.   This […]

EHST will be postcarding to support voter turnout in the upcoming midterm elections.  The Center for Common Ground is providing us with the postcards and list of voters to contact.  The CCG "educates and empowers voters of color in voter suppression states" with the goal of "building a democracy that prioritizes the voices of all […]

One of the problems our country is facing is the increasing polarization of society.  The Balkanization of our country pits opposing forces as sinister, and evil.  The enemy is evil, and intent on destroying our country.  Alarm bells are going off among liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans,  the religious and the nonreligious.  Todd Bishop […]

We will hold our annual fall members meeting on October 11th. We encourage all EHST members to attend. And we always welcome friends and visitors.  We have several important items on the agenda, including a report on meeting attendance, plans for next year including a change in venue,  what members like or dislike about our […]

Persistent microplastic particles (MPs) that accumulate in natural bodies of water vary widely in size and shape. Removing such diverse MPs from aquifers with conventional methods, such as filtration and centrifugation, is costly and inefficient. To address this challenge, we designed a class of biomimetic cleaners inspired by natural systems, including “Sargassum raft” meshes that […]