diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25029ec6..612d17bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # (Replace_with_your_title) Cookbook
 
+**HELLO!**
+
 [![nightly-build](https://github.com/ProjectPythia/cookbook-template/actions/workflows/nightly-build.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ProjectPythia/cookbook-template/actions/workflows/nightly-build.yaml)
 [![Binder](https://binder.projectpythia.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://binder.projectpythia.org/v2/gh/ProjectPythia/cookbook-template/main?labpath=notebooks)
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diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 6fa37108..ab79b4a1 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@ name: cookbook-dev
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
+  - python>=3.10
   - jupyter-book
   - jupyterlab
   - jupyter_server
+  - zarr
+  - xarray
+  - geoviews
+  - datashader
+  - matplotlib
+  - panel
+  - pandas
+  - requests
+  - pathlib
+  - metpy
+  - scipy
+  - geopandas
+  - gcsfs
+  - cf_xarray
   - pip
   - pip:
       - sphinx-pythia-theme