Category: sustainability
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Are Millennials Saving the Planet with Anti-Car Attitudes?
Glowing, unmoving, beautiful, and toxic. These are the words used to describe California traffic in the Los Angeles Times, but essentially describes driving in cities anywhere. Public officials want people to buy more cars while somehow using them less. It’s no wonder millennials appear to have a lack of excitement about driving compared to earlier, […]
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Food Sovereignty
Food sovereignty is the right to have a means of obtaining healthy and sustainable food along with the ability to control the production and distribution of such foods. The following meal and the ingredients it contains are important to the food sovereignty and culture of Indigenous peoples.
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Recessions are a Second Chance to Divest
Did you know that fossil fuels in the US are subsidized? The reason for this is that the domestic American fossil fuel market was once young and unstable, though since then it has ballooned into a mature, lucrative business. The federal government’s financial support of coal, oil, and natural gas guaranteed cheap and plentiful energy […]
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Running from Rising Seas
Global mean sea level is both rising and accelerating. By the year 2100, it is predicted to rise by 0.61–1.10 m under the business-as-usual climate change scenario according to the latest IPCC report. This estimate is likely to increase as that deadline looms closer, as scientists discover more compounding effects of climate change. Although melting […]
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Bugs for Breakfast
Insects have been so successful in the evolutionary sense that they have a strong foothold on every continent, save Antarctica. They are high in protein and much simpler to raise than cattle. I came to respect insects in a really odd way – and it started with hating them.
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Zero Waste Q&A
Laura Markley is a PhD student in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University. Previously, she attended Eastern Connecticut State University for her BS and Lehigh University for her MS in Environmental Earth Science. Her blog focuses on her waste-free living lifestyle. On it, you can find anything from healthy recipes to […]
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Kernza
50 years pass before intermediate wheatgrass typically experiences die-off. 3 years into its lifespan, the plant infamously stops seeding but continues to grow. 25 years or more could pass before geneticists discover a natural variation of the plant with enough yield to be competitive. These were the numbers spinning around in my head as I […]
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Sustainable Cities
Whether or not bicyclists obey the bike light installed on the bike path near my apartment is up for debate. What’s important is that it’s there. As a new resident of a bustling city, I got to thinking what makes one place more sustainable than another. Determining factors of a sustainable city will vary depending on […]
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