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How To Have an Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Summer
With finals coming up and summer right around the corner, many of us students are planning trips back home, vacations around the world, or even plans to stay here...
Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land
For centuries, mushrooms have been eaten by people due to their richness in flavor and high protein content, but there is so much more to mushrooms than just being...
Cultivating Green Consumerism
With rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and extreme weather changes, consumers are starting to be more mindful about their choices, particularly their lifestyle. The pandemic forced people to be...
Gleaning as a College Student
What is Gleaning? Although “gleaning” may be an unfamiliar term to some, many of us may be unknowingly practicing it in our everyday lives. Defined by the USDA as...
Plant Propagation Techniques and Benefits
What is Plant Propagation? Plant propagation is the process in which new plants can grow from old ones through a variety of methods such as collecting seeds, cuttings, or...
Sustainable Quarantine Projects: Kombucha
Since it seems like the stay at home orders will go through the summer, here is another project to keep yourself busy at home! Recently, kombucha has become very...
Philosophy’s Role in Addressing Climate Change
Climate change has rapidly become one of the most existential issues of our time. Its effects, which are worsening every year due to the unrelenting harvest and burning of...
Let’s Prevent Food Waste: A Cooking Series – Tepache Recipe
Ever wondered what you could do with your leftover pineapple skins? Well, it looks like you’re just in luck! Discarded pineapple rounds can be used to make a sweet...
Let’s Prevent Food Waste: A Cooking Series – Potato Pancakes Recipe
Did you know that about 2/3 of household food waste is due to food spoiling from not being used in time? You can cut down that number by using...
Is it Ecologically Irresponsible to Have Children? A Personal Reflection
I am 20 years old. I am a soon to be senior in college, and I am going to have a BS in Environmental Science by the end of...