Below are some products to help you and yours be a little bit more eco-friendly in the new year. But don’t forget that giving can take many forms, and gifts do not have to come in the form of material goods. If you’re short on time to get an item, or just want to go […]
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It’s Time to Reflect – And Celebrate Your Wins!
Have you noticed a recent slew of 50th anniversary celebrations within the environmental world? In the early seventies, public outcry following environmental crises, including the burning of the Cuyahoga River, an oil spill off of Santa Barbara, wildlife losses from pesticides, and more led to broad (and yes, even bipartisan) collaboration on the establishment of […]
Read moreIt’s Oyster Month: Let’s Shell-ebrate!
Here in Virginia, it is Oyster Month! There are so many reasons to be grateful for oysters this Thanksgiving season. For some, a Thanksgiving meal is not whole without oysters on the table, whether they’re in the stuffing, served raw, broiled with chipotle bourbon butter (a Green Fin Studio staff favorite), or prepared another way. But […]
Read moreBuffer Banter
The air has that unmistakable crisp chill and leaves are starting to fall from the trees. October is here again, but this year, the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council has turned it into a month for building awareness about riparian buffers. What are riparian buffers and why should they get their own month? We’re so glad […]
Read moreWhat Are Your Goals?
As Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat quipped, “if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” Cooper, a member of the Green Fin Studio family, often repeats this line too – when he isn’t napping on the job. Corporate America has long embraced strategic planning for organizational development, communication and marketing goals, […]
Read moreMasked Meetings and Insightful Interviews
The Green Fin Team was thrilled to hit the pavement this month and meet with clients in person! We are following the CDC’s latest guidelines and keeping an eye on the Delta variant transmission rates in our area, but we are glad to have had the opportunity to talk communications strategy face-to-face, even if our […]
Read moreWe’re Hiring: Environmental Communication Specialist
New job alert! We are pleased to announce that we are hiring a full-time Environmental Communication Specialist to join our team. Green Fin Studio is where art meets science. We are a professional marketing and communications firm, addressing social and environmental priorities. We combine technical and scientific expertise with innovative communication and visualization strategies and [...]Read more
Data Visualization Inspiration!
Green Fin Team member Lauren Huey attended the Data Is Beautiful seminar last month hosted by Information Is Beautiful guru David McCandless to get some tips and tricks for creating infographics and visualizations. This got us talking around the office about what our favorite graphics, maps, or other visualizations are. Tall order given that we […]
Read moreWhy Good Science Communication Matters
As someone who barely passed Chemistry, science is hard. Hard to learn, hard to do, and most of all, hard to explain. But science is important. Now more than ever, considering that mRNA vaccines potentially saved millions of lives. While the importance of scientific research may be pretty obvious, the importance of science communication is […]
Read more5 Easy Ways to Live a More Sustainable Life as a College Student
If you corner any young, bushy-tailed freshman on a college campus and ask what they want to do after they graduate, there’s a good chance they’ll say some version of “make the world a better place.” Ask them how they plan to do that, however, and you’ll get a much broader range of answers:“by helping […]
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