NAVIGATING A DIFFICULT YEAR WITH RESILIENCE AND ADAPTABILITY

摘要

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2020 was pandemic, an outbreak of a disease affecting a significant proportion of the population. COVID-19 most certainly has affected the entire United States and the world. In doing so, the pandemic reminded us of humanity's vulnerability as we increasingly destroy wild habitats, enabling new diseases like COVID-19 to leap from animals to humans. But other words could also be said to characterize 2020, such as resilience and adaptability. As the pandemic shut down face-to-face gatherings everywhere, ELI like so many others shifted to virtual operations. For us, one of the biggest challenges was holding our annual gala awards dinner virtually. And yet, challenges notwithstanding, we held a highly successful first-ever online event October 15 and pivoted to virtual annual wetlands awards, GreenTech webinars, and other events.