Climate Change

  • To Save the Planet, We Need All Hands on Deck

    To Save the Planet, We Need All Hands on Deck

    The views expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the UN or its members. Scientists have declared a code red regarding climate change impacts, and we need everyone to work together to save the planet. Instead of the business-as-usual approach, we need creative solutions and policies to actualize sustainable development.… Read More

  • Job Opportunities to Expand for Climate-Focused Public Health Majors

    Job Opportunities to Expand for Climate-Focused Public Health Majors

    There’s good news for public health majors focusing on climate change. New research suggests they will be increasingly sought after in the job market.  An overwhelming 92 percent of current employers reported that the need for public health professionals with training in climate change will very likely increase in the next 5-10 years, according to… Read More

  • Pitt Startup Enables Medical Community to Recycle Single-Use Plastics

    Pitt Startup Enables Medical Community to Recycle Single-Use Plastics

    In an effort to save the environment, companies from across all types of industries are joining in to phase out single-use plastics.  But in the medical industry, it hasn’t been so easy. While Starbucks can survive without plastic straws, scientists and clinicians rely on single-use plastics — which are cheap, disposable and, most importantly, sterile… Read More

  • The State of the Earth & the Online Efforts to Save It

    The State of the Earth & the Online Efforts to Save It

    With COVID-19 dominating news feeds, it’s hard to focus on anything else. But today, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the environment and the existential threat of climate change cannot be passed over.   2019 was the second warmest year in the past 140 years, with global temperatures nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th… Read More

  • Meet Second Nature, the NGO Guiding Colleges to Carbon Neutrality

    Meet Second Nature, the NGO Guiding Colleges to Carbon Neutrality

    Colleges and universities pride themselves on being leaders in research, education and development. Their ultimate purpose is to help create a future that is brighter than the past.  And today, the future faces a potentially enormous existential crisis. Decades of irresponsible energy production and consumption have caused global surface temperatures to increase, posing a threat… Read More

  • Researchers Show Climate Education Leads to Smaller Carbon Footprints

    Researchers Show Climate Education Leads to Smaller Carbon Footprints

    Researchers at San Jose State University (SJSU) have evidence that climate change education leads directly to smaller individual carbon footprints. Educating society, they claim, could be one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change.  Through comparisons with other solutions, the study shows “at scale, climate change education can be as effective in reducing… Read More

  • 7 Brands Making Earth-Friendly Shoes

    7 Brands Making Earth-Friendly Shoes

    What happens to your shoes after you throw them out? They will most likely end up in landfill and contaminate our air and water for more than 30-40 years to come.  It may sound too harsh for throwing out a pair of shoes. But, the reality isn’t just a single pair of shoes. Annually, about… Read More

  • Calculate Your Meat, Plastic Footprints with This Student’s Tools

    Calculate Your Meat, Plastic Footprints with This Student’s Tools

    For the sake of the environment, we’re often told to mind our consumption habits. We’re advised to skip over that cheeseburger and, instead, opt for the salad. And, when going to the grocery store, we’re told to bring our own reusable bags. While some follow this advice religiously, many others still shrug it off. The… Read More

  • Colorado College Becomes 8th U.S. School to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

    Colorado College Becomes 8th U.S. School to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

    Colorado College has successfully achieved carbon neutrality, becoming the first higher-ed institution in the Rocky Mountain region and one of just eight in the United States to do so.  Having set its goal in 2009, the college was able to reach net zero emissions in just over a decade. Since its baseline year, Colorado College… Read More

  • For Climate Change Opinions, People Trust Their Neighbors

    For Climate Change Opinions, People Trust Their Neighbors

    Neighbor see, neighbor do. People are more likely to believe in human-caused climate change if they see that the people living next to them do, a new study finds. “People are learning from their neighbors,” said Andrea La Nauze, a co-author of the study and assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Economics.… Read More

  • To Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Red Meat Isn’t the Only Food You Should Avoid

    To Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Red Meat Isn’t the Only Food You Should Avoid

    For a sustainable diet, it’s not enough to just avoid red meat. A new study finds that the families with the highest carbon footprints are those that frequently eat out and consume a lot of alcohol and sweets.  To come to this conclusion, researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK and the Research… Read More

  • How Colleges Advance Environmental Sustainability in Their Greater Communities

    How Colleges Advance Environmental Sustainability in Their Greater Communities

    With the United Nations warning that humanity has less than 11 years to prevent climate change from causing irreversible damage to the planet, immediate and accelerated climate action is necessary.  The upcoming decade is “the most pivotal decade in human history,” said Fiona Wilson, the director of the Sustainability Institute at the University of New… Read More

  • Hydroponics Club Grows Food for the Hungry, Educates Local Kids

    Hydroponics Club Grows Food for the Hungry, Educates Local Kids

    With the global population approaching 8 billion and more people migrating to urban areas, it’s become clear that traditional agriculture is not the most sustainable way to grow produce. Simply put, to feed the rising population, the world is going to need to start growing significantly more food. And doing so through traditional farming would… Read More

  • A Student Guide to Sustainable Living

    A Student Guide to Sustainable Living

    With a garbage patch twice the size of Texas sitting in the Pacific Ocean and less than 11 years left to prevent climate change from irreversibly damaging our planet, the Earth needs all the help it can get.  It’s true, the most effective way to save the planet comes through governmental action and international law.… Read More

  • The Top 50 ‘Greenest’ Colleges in 2019

    The Top 50 ‘Greenest’ Colleges in 2019

    The Princeton Review has released its 2019 “Top 50 Green Colleges” list, highlighting the schools leading the way in environmental sustainability.  Topping the list, in order, are The College of the Atlantic, State University of New York – College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Dickinson College, the University of Vermont, St. Mary’s College of Maryland,… Read More

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