Center for Global Environmental Education in the News

New film explores St. Louis Estuary, largest in North America. Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Oct. 1, 2025

Community Engagement and Storm Drain Stewardship with Adopt-a-Drain.org. Ann Zawistoski and Sofie Wicklund, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, Sep 2025. 

Adopt a drain to protect local waterways from stormwater. KUTV, Sep 29, 2025

How one Minnesota university is helping preserve a Hawaiian dialect from the ‘brink of extinction’. Minnesota Star Tribune, Sep 23, 2025.

A Review of Waters to the Sea™ Gulf Coast Adventure, John Shepard and Kris Bennett, Current: the Journal of Marine Education, Jun 30, 2025

Minnesota Teachers Dive into Wastewater Education with Metropolitan Council Partnership. Hoodline Minneapolis, Jul 25, 2025.

Teacher training highlights planning for clean water. Metropolitan Council News, Jul 24, 2025.

Rochester sees hundreds joining 'Adopt a Storm Drain'. KTTC, Jul 15, 2025.

Protect your community, one drain at a time. Longfellow Messenger. Jun. 28, 2025.

More fire, more water. Great Lakes Now Episode Premier party and interview with John Shepard. Detroit PBS. Apr. 28, 2025.

How do you heal a sacred lake? Great Lakes Now, Detroit PBS. Feb. 27, 2025.

Partnership with Hamline University and Hawaiian school is preserving a rare native dialect. Minnesota Public Radio. Feb. 6, 2025.

Hamline partners with Hawaiian immersion school to publish 400 books in rare Niʻihau dialect, Hamline Newsroom, Jan. 17, 2025.

Interactive kiosks share stories of the North Shore. Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Nov. 29, 2024

Film captures record-setting swim in warming Lake Superior. Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Oct. 24, 2024.

Red Carpet Interview at Twin Cities Film Fest with John Shepard (Sea Change for Superior), Oct. 20, 2024

Adopt-a-Drain is awarded the Water Environment Federation's 2024 Public Communication and Outreach Program Award. Water Environment Federation. Oct. 7, 2024

Be A Guardian Of MN Water: Adopt-A-Drain & Make A Difference, 98.1 Minnesota New Country, Aug. 12, 2024.

'Adopt-a-Drain' to help save Rumson's waterways. The Monmouth Journal Eastern. Aug. 7, 2024

Chatham Township Environmental Commission and Department of Public Works launch Adopt-a-Drain. TAP into Chatham. Jul. 31, 2024.

Thin ice, stormy seas: Hamline U documents warming of Lake Superior. Park Bugle. Jul. 26, 2024.

Adopt a storm drain and give it a creative name! KTTC Rochester, Jul. 15, 2024.

Language immersion students on Kauaʻi create library of books in ʻōlelo Niʻihau, Hawai'i Public Radio, July 12, 2024

Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha Charter School Celebrates the Publishing of 400+ Books in Olelo Niihau, Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission, July 2, 204

Preserving the Ni‘ihau Dialect Through Student-Created Books, Office of the Governor of the State of Hawaii, July 1, 2024

City of Niceville is awarded the Florida Stormwater Association's 2024 Excellence award in Public Education Effort for their Adopt-a-Drain program. Florida Stormwater Association. June 13, 2024.

Adopt-a-Drain Program Helping Reduce Water Pollution. CTN Coon Rapids. Jun.5, 2024.

Join the Movement: Adopt-a-Drain Program Makes a Splash in Central Minnesota, KNSI, May 6, 2024.

Storm Drain Spotlight, The Watershed Podcast, We Are Water MN, Apr. 25, 2024.

Sea Change Documentary. PBS Almanac North. Dec. 12, 2023.

Lake Superior, known for icy waters, one of the fastest warming lakes in the world. WCCO News. Dec. 3, 2023.

Almanac North: Duluth Mayor-Elect, Sea Change Documentary. PBS Almanac North. Dec. 1, 2023.

Community Connection: "A Sea Change for Superior" Film Premiere. The North 103.3. Nov. 31, 2023.

Local View: Another winter without ice? Duluth News Tribune. Nov. 26, 2023

Thousands of Minnesotans adopt storm drains for cleaner waterways, neighborhoods, WCCO CBS Minnesota, Oct. 16, 2023.

Relay swimmers take on Lake Superior without wetsuits -- something that would not have been possible decades ago. KSTP-TV. Sep. 19, 2023

Minnesota swimmers break a record to raise awareness about climate change. Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR. Sep. 2, 2023.

Plymouth swimmer takes part in 45-mile Lake Superior relay. CCX Media. Aug. 31, 2023.

Swimmers shed light on warming Lake Superior with 24-hour open water relay record. Swim Swam. Aug. 31, 2023.

50-mile relay swimmers arrive in Duluth. Northern News Now. Aug. 30, 2023

Green Visions: Relay Swim in the Warming Waters of Lake Superior. The North 103.3. Aug. 30, 2023.

Lake Superior swimmers battle towering swells, seasickness on 'magical' 48-mile route. Star Tribune. Aug. 30, 2023. 

Relay team attempts Lake Superior distance swim record to raise climate change awareness. Fox21. Aug. 30, 2023.

Swimmers complete record 24-hour Lake Superior relay - without wetsuits. MPR News. Aug. 30, 2023.

Swimming relay team tackles 48 miles of Lake Superior in a day. WDIO. Aug. 30, 2023.

50 mile relay swim in Lake Superior begins at Split Rock. Northern News Now. Aug. 29, 2023.

Marathon swimmers attempt 24 hours in Lake Superior. Star Tribune. Aug. 28, 2023.

Marathon swimmers aim to send message with swim from Split Rock Lighthouse to Duluth. Northern News Now. Aug. 25, 2023.

Relay swim from Split Rock to Duluth end of August. Lake County Press. Aug. 22, 2023.

Exploring the richness of the Mississippi River Delta: MRDI 2024. The Meraux Foundation News. Aug. 9, 2024.

The stories of spring, other seasons, play out in the night sky. Duluth News Tribune. Apr. 30, 2023.

New film explores the dark skies of Minnesota-Ontario. Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Apr. 16 2023

‘Model for New Jersey’: Westfield Earns State Award for ‘Adopt-a-Drain’ Program. Tap Into Westfield, Apr. 9, 2023.

‘It’s Draining Men’: When Citizens Name Municipal Fixtures, the Puns Flow Freely. Wall Street Journal, Mar. 6, 2023.

Hamline-Produced Documentary Takes a Closer Look at Minnesota’s Treasured Skies. Hamline University Newsroom. Mar. 3, 2023.

The People Behind Northern Nights, Starry Skies. National Park Service. Jan. 21, 2023

Minnesota (n)Ice: We lead the way in storm drain adoptions, Kare11, Jan. 20, 2023.