Teaching Environmental Literacy
California has launched a movement to help students understand climate change and human impacts on water and ecological systems.
Read MorePosted by Carolyn Jones | Nov 1, 2017 | Education |
California has launched a movement to help students understand climate change and human impacts on water and ecological systems.
Read MorePosted by Carolyn Jones | Sep 1, 2016 | Feature |
Tuition is daunting. Here are five easy steps from experts to help you avoid going into serious debt.
Read MorePosted by Carolyn Jones | Mar 1, 2016 | Feature |
With summer camps catering to nearly every interest, entertaining and educating the kids is a whole lot easier. Here are options for a smoother camp season, from Girl Scouts, coding, sports, and family camps to tips on sleepaway programs, scholarships, and bargain day camps.
Read MorePosted by Carolyn Jones | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
Seven winners of The Monthly’s winter essay contest write about sump pumps, car crashes, robots, education, yachts, new clothes, and rich relatives.
Read MorePosted by Carolyn Jones | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
Sump pumps and new roofs top a single mom’s wish list as threats from global warming and El Niño occupy her thoughts.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Carolyn Jones | Feature |
by Carolyn Jones | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.