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Former Colombian president discusses climate, peace in Keough panel

Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Former Colombian president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos headlined a panel on environmental protection and peacebuilding at the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Washington, D.C. office Tuesday. He and other panelists discussed the relationship between climate change and international conflict, advocating for action on environmental risks to foster peace in climate-vulnerable countries.

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Money talks

BridgeND | Wednesday, October 12, 2022

On June 30, the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on West Virginia v. EPA (2022) delivered a blow to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate the production practices and carbon emissions of large corporations. On Aug. 8, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, marking the single largest legislative commitment to combat

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Sustainability Cup aims to educate through friendly competition

Kendelle Hung-Ino | Monday, October 3, 2022

Student government, Notre Dame Energy and the Office of Sustainability have collaborated for the relaunch of the Sustainability Cup, a competition across all 32 Notre Dame residence halls that aims to educate students on the importance of sustainability. The cup, along with Energy Week, started Sept. 12 and will run till Oct. 7. The Sustainability

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ND-GAIN index aims to lower climate risks, promote adaptation to climate change

Maxwell Feldmann | Monday, October 3, 2022

Increasingly people, governments and corporations must cope with the impact of climate extremes, Professor Jessica McManus Warnell said. According to McManus Warnell, an affiliated faculty member of the ND Environmental Change Initiative which houses the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN). The organization aims to help private and public sectors prioritize climate adaptation, ultimately lowering

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Observer Editorial: Break the bubble, back the Bend

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 1, 2022

If you had a nickel for every time you heard someone complain about South Bend as boring or cold, you’d probably be rich, right? But how many of us have actually given the city a fair shot? During the spring semester in the absence of football tailgates, students often voice a lack of entertainment or

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Student Health Fair encourages belles to ‘Fall in Love with Wellness’

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

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Theologian explores relationship between humanity and ecology

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

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Notre Dame community members speak on climate change at South Bend Common Council meeting

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

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Stopping the flow of discourse

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

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UCapture offers dorm competition to help environment

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.

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