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-25 posts tagged "environment"
Gina Twardosz | Sunday, February 16, 2020
While Valentine’s Day is a time for romance, Friday’s “Fall in Love with Wellness” Student Health Fair encouraged students to practice self love with self care. The fair featured dozens of informational booths from campus and community organizations, therapy dogs, spin class demos, giveaways and an escape room. Heather Abbott, a counselor at the Saint
Ryan Kolakowski | Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Humanity is losing the lexicon to properly interact with the natural world, Christopher Thompson, professor of moral theology at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas, said Monday evening at his lecture titled “Integral Ecology and the Promise of Green Thomism.” “Something has gone wrong,” he said. Thompson argued
Ryan Kolakowski | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
People of the Notre Dame and South Bend communities, all sporting bright green stickers reading “Climate Champions,” filtered into the the City County Building in downtown South Bend Monday for the South Bend Common Council meeting regarding climate change. The room was filled — nearly to capacity — with young people, Notre Dame students and
Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 15, 2019
On our campus, it is all too common for important issues to be ignored and never spoken about. The Viewpoint section often contains arguments about the issues that are brought up time and again by the handful of students who enter into the political arena and put forward their arguments. We step forward from the
Alexandra Muck | Tuesday, December 4, 2018
For students who are looking for an easy way to help the environment, UCapture offers a way to do just that while shopping online. The free greentech platform has enlisted campus ambassador and junior Brielle Jaglowski to further its goals and has partnered with GreeND to offer a dorm competition for the month of December.
Serena Zacharias | Monday, November 19, 2018
Chicken wing bones, a pizza box, used floss, peeled tape, fruit stickers, granola bar wrappers, worn contacts and an empty Planters Mixed Nuts container are items typically found in a trash bin. This past week, however, they were some of the many pieces of garbage a group of Notre Dame students carried with them wherever they
Alexandra Park | Thursday, October 11, 2018
As part of the ongoing effort to become a more environmentally friendly campus, the University of Notre Dame said last month its plans to end coal usage on campus are at least one year ahead of schedule. The campus power plant will cease burning coal sometime in 2019, one year ahead of the initially predicted
Sara Schlecht and Hannah Thomas | Thursday, October 4, 2018
Chris Cobb, Saint Mary’s professor of English and environmental studies, spoke to students about environmental policy in an event called “Environmental Policy Explained” on Wednesday. The event was held as part of an initiative of the Office for Civil and Social Engagement to inform the Saint Mary’s community about issues relevant to the upcoming midterm
Cameron Sumner | Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Maybe you have an environmentally friendly inclination. When you walk into high-street stores, with racks on racks of constantly evolving trends, you feel a tinge of guilt. You’ve heard of sweatshops; you’ve heard of the ghastly working conditions and minuscule pay. You sort of wonder how such an immense quantity of clothing can be constantly
Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 3, 2018
This past month, the Vatican celebrated the third anniversary of the encyclical, “Laudato si’,” a letter written by Pope Francis on the care of the Earth, our common home. An International Conference was organized by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and aspired to communicate a sense of deep urgency and profound concern for