California Success: from Biodiversity Campaign to COP 26 Action
In spring 2020, dozens of environmental organizations and leaders — in a campaign spearheaded by Rosalind Helfand — joined the call for California to become an official observer to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. In December 2020, CA Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot announced that California was on board! We did not predict the […]
Funding Arrives for the Global Green Recovery Collaborative + Paid Web Developer Position
When the Covid-19 pandemic first spread across the world, the writing was on the wall: The economy will need to recover and it is imperative that this recovery is an investment for thriving biodiversity, a healthy climate, and social and economic equity for people. From the start, this idea was called a “green recovery.” In […]
The Roddenberry Foundation Funds the Omega Sci-Fi Awards
For over seven years, Rosalind Helfand has directed the Omega Sci-Fi Awards. This nonprofit program — which runs throughout the year — is an investment in the thinkers of tomorrow. High school students from across Los Angeles County write short science fiction stories to imagine creative solutions to our environmental and social challenges. And, writers […]
360 Environmental Sustainability Planning Made Accessible
PAJE Consulting is now offering “360 Environmental Sustainability Planning”! While many large companies employ full time in house environmental sustainability and resilience experts, this service is often inaccessible to small nonprofits, businesses, and even small government organizations. Using our collaborative approach to consulting, we are offering “health checks,” including strategic and communications planning, for both […]
A Warning from the Past: Rising Heat & Rising Stroke Mortality
In 1971, PAJE Founder Rosalind Helfand’s grandfather, Leo Helfand, co-published an article in Weatherwise, a journal of the American Meteorological Society, titled: “Hippocrates, Thermal Stress, and Stroke Mortality — 1966.” At the time, Helfand was an Environmental Control Engineer with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. His co-author, C. Bridger, was the Chief Statistician for the […]