By Delia Mayor. Having lived in the DC area before, I was familiar with the common expression “draining the swamp.” Although not necessarily rooted in the factual ecological history of the area, which according to Carl Abbott (2017) in his piece Draining the swamp: A guide for outsiders and career politicians, more closely resembled a Read more

By Emma Dolce. Going into the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) Annual Retreat, I didn’t really have a good idea of what to expect. When my friends asked me where I was going for the week, I just told them that it was “a conference for environmental groups” because that was what I understood it to Read more