Students at the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) will now encounter a beef-free menu every Wednesday, thanks to the school’s commitment to reducing its meat-related greenhouse gas emissions. Students and … Read more
Students and Nature
Obama Declares June Great Outdoors Month
School's ending, the fireflies are out, and cold days are well behind us — as far as months go, June is perfect for exploring the great outdoors. Apparently, the President … Read more
Turning Trash into Treasure: UNH and MSC to Power Campuses with Methane
Smelly landfills and cow pies hardly look like fuel. Yet these odiferous offenders hide a secret within their stink. Schools such as the University of New Hampshire and Morrisville State … Read more
Faith Offers Its Own Justification for Climate Action on Campus
Among students and faculty at Eastern Nazarene College, the existence of global climate change has long remained in dispute and environmental activism has been largely absent from the small Christian … Read more
Is Online Learning Better for the Planet?
As a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, online learning may be one of the most unexploited means of achieving a smaller carbon footprint. Though few traditional colleges and universities … Read more
CWRU to Experiment with Freshwater Turbine
In Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) home state of Ohio, “Coal is like pennies,” says Linda Robson, Case Western’s campus planning and operations research fellow for energy studies. In a … Read more
St. Thomas University Prepares Lawyers to Take on Environmental Issues
A small but steadily growing legal discipline is training lawyers to defend one of the world’s most underrepresented clients: the environment. Though several law schools have added legal certificates or … Read more
