Julie Furr Youngman is a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, where she focuses on litigation in state and federal courts. Her cases involve protecting water quality and quantity, coastal resources, and endangered species, and promoting environmental justice. Her career has spanned military service, private law practice, and teaching law at Washington & […]

StrongHER TogetHER is a Durham-based non-profit that teaches girls to stick together, no matter how different they are. Girls are able to organically embrace our mission via eight years of programming that focuses on elevated outcomes, positive mental health, anti racism, mentoring, literacy and more. Stacey Donoghue has studied civil engineering and she’s been to […]

Fred Breidt will give a talk based in part on the book titled The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols. Fred will lead a discussion about the Dunning-Kruger Effect and how it shapes our political landscape. We will also discuss how social media and the rapid […]

EHST member, Chris Kaman, will present a Ted Talk "How Do We Get The World Off Fossil Fuels Quickly and Fairly" along with a discussion of the talk's key points.  The inspiring Ted Talk features many experts from many countries, both developed and developing, to help us understand not only "quickly" but also "fairly."   Climate […]

On February 6, 2023, Turkey and Syria were rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Somewhere well over 55,000 people lost their lives and more than twice as many were injured. Buildings collapsed all over Turkey, and millions of people were displaced from their homes. Unfortunately, with our 24-hour news cycle, this humanitarian crisis has faded […]