Articles by Elise Howard
Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden
. Mar. 2026. 264p. ISBN 9781523525911. pbk. $22.99. GARDENING COPY ISBN Literary agent Howard has spent her career in publishing but is also a lifelong gardener since childhood. In this book, she helps fellow gardeners focus on native plant choices to support pollinators and the environment while also creating ease and beauty. Howard begins with an introduction explaining why native plants are essential and provides guiding principles for designing a garden that relies on them as its foundation.
The social benefits of seasonal worker programs
By offering more effective training opportunities through its Seasonal Worker Programme, the Australian Government can contribute to the lives of workers and their home communities and better realise its development goals, Rochelle Lee-Bailey and Elise Howard write. Seasonal workers from Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste are an integral part of the agricultural labour force in Australia and New Zealand.
Reframing Suffrage Narratives: Pacific Women, Political Voice, and Collective Empowerment
ABSTRACT Dominant narratives of women’s suffrage have been shaped in ways that marginalize Pacific women’s experiences. Such narratives have emphasized the struggles of Global North women to achieve individualized political empowerment, primarily through the right to vote, from the late 19th century. By measures of struggle, individual empowerment and temporality, Pacific women have been characterized as passive recipients of the vote in the late 20th century.
Leadership doesn't always come from the top
As we neared the end of 2020 with great hopes for better times in 2021, we reflected not only on a year marked by a global pandemic, but also the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change. At the time the Paris Agreement was signed, life was very different. Barack Obama was the President of the United States and it was assumed that the US and major developed economies would lead the charge in responding to the changing global climate.
How did women fare in the 2020 Vanuatu elections?
Despite strong efforts to promote female leadership and political engagement by advocacy groups, women still face serious roadblocks to political success in Vanuatu, writes Elise Howard. In the Vanuatu national elections held on 19 March 2020, voters elected their third consecutive all-male parliament. Across 10 of Vanuatu’s 18 constituencies, only 18 women contested the elections and were significantly outnumbered, representing only six per cent of all candidates.
Texas Army National Guardsman helps deliver oil wells for BP
Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col. George Stalter (Courtesy photo) Editor’s Note: The following story highlights a veteran atBP committed to including talented members of the military community in its workplace. BP is a client of Hirepurpose, a Task & Purpose sister company. Learn More. For most people, “a lot of moving parts” is the work-friendly code phrase for “completely overwhelming.” But not for Texas Army National Guard Lt. Col.
On running for elections in Vanuatu as a woman
In the recent Vanuatu national elections, Dr Andrina Thomas stood for the rural electorate of Espiritu Santo. In this article, which was originally published on the DevPolicy blog, she offers some reflections to Elise Howard. In the 2020 Vanuatu elections, 18 women campaigned and none of them got through again, just as in 2012 and 2016. I think the blockage is vote buying and candidates having no money for sponsorship and campaigning. We also need to work better at capturing votes.
Navy Russian linguist finds her fit at Republic Services
Editor's Note: The following story highlights a veteran at Republic Services which is committed to including talented members of the military community in its workplace. Republic Services is a client of Hirepurpose, a Task & Purpose sister company. Learn More. Hard-working high school student Amy Tregre was expected to go to college.
Bringing Army leadership to Verizon's Global Network Management Center
Editor's Note: The following story highlights a veteran at Verizon committed to including talented members of the military community in its workplace. Verizon is a client of Hirepurpose, a Task & Purpose sister company. Learn More. While he has a desk at Verizon's Global Network Management Center in Cary, North Carolina, you'll rarely find Aaron Francis seated on the job.
Wounded warrior climbs the ladder at The Home Depot
Editor's Note: The following story highlights a veteran at The Home Depot committed to including talented members of the military community in its workplace. The Home Depot is a client of Hirepurpose, a Task & Purpose sister company. Learn More. In 2004, Charles Segel was sitting at a park contemplating his future when a Marine Corps recruiter approached and asked if he needed a job.
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