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-31 posts tagged "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.
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
Lucy Lynch | Monday, December 4, 2017
Student-led fossil fuel divestment organization Fossil Free ND wrote a proposal for the Notre Dame Investment Office, calling for a committee to evaluate the University’s endowment and fossil fuel divestment. In the past, Fossil Free ND has resorted to standard activism and peaceful protest behavior, such as petitioning and rallying on campus. This proposal, club member
Iman Omar | Friday, September 29, 2017
The tri-campus sustainability class seeks to place stewardship of the Earth at the center of faith practice. The course, offered each fall semester, integrates Catholic teachings into environmental studies to reflect on issues of sustainability. John Slattery, an adjunct environmental studies professor at Saint Mary’s, said the course was developed to examine not only the topics in
Gina Twardosz | Monday, April 10, 2017
Professor of biology Joel Ralston is the new director of the Saint Mary’s Ecuador program called “Environments of Ecuador.” The trip predominantly sends biology majors to Ecuador, but the invitation is also extended to students who are interested in the environment. The program maintains a proactive cultural awareness aspect that strives for students to interact positively with the
Stephanie Snyder | Thursday, March 2, 2017
Saint Mary’s hosted Willis Jenkins, associate professor of religion, ethics and environment from the University of Virginia, to present on current environmental concerns. The lecture, titled “After ‘Laudato si’’: Revisiting the Ecological Legacy of Thomas Aquinas,” focused on the relation between Thomas Aquinas’ theology on creation and salvation and Pope Francis’ second encyclical, “Laudato si’: