Recent Writing Projects

August, 2024 How's the Weather at Cottage Lane Article in The Earth Scientist February, 2022 My Privacy is Important to Me: We should think twice about our 'connected' homes and lives: Op-Ed in LoHud.com July, 2021Earth Day at Cottage Lane: A Local, Affordable, Outdoor-Education-Day Model for Your School or Setting February 12, 2019 Essay and photographs on the effect of a border barrier on the delicate desert ecosystem of the American Southwest. October 30, 2018 Op-Ed in the Lohud Newspapers commentary on our democracy. July 27, 2014 Op-Ed in the Lohud Newspapers commentary on over-consumption. June 5, 2013 Education Week commentary on testing in education January 2013 Scientific American Forum article on Evolution and Creation May, 2011 Your-Dot Guest-Post on the New York Time's Dot-Earth blog

 Recent Honors

• Jacob was named 2023 Rockland County Executive's Outstanding Environmental Volunteer.
• Jacob was given the Educator Award for 2018 from Keep Rockland Beautiful.
• Jacob was awarded Master Naturalist Certification for New York State from Quality Parks in Long Island.
• Jacob was invited to the White House to speak as part of a "Fireside Chat" with secretary David Friedman from the Department of Energy during the 2015 "Back-To-School Climate Education Event." Click here for the video.
• Rep. Elliot Engel honored Jacob in the US House of Representatives on April 21, 2009.  Click here to view the Congressional Record of the event.