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10 Easy Steps to Make your Semester more Sustainable

10 Easy Steps to Make your Semester more Sustainable

by Linden Cheek | Jan 17, 2018 | Challenge, Features, Green Living

And We’re Back. The first week of classes has come and gone, leaving us students with the task of reestablishing routine. As you start integrating yourself into your new schedule (and begin the search for that elusive timetable that will allow you to study, eat,...
The One Step Solution to Climate Change

The One Step Solution to Climate Change

by Linden Cheek | Nov 29, 2017 | Climate, Energy, Green Living, Policy

For those of us who care about the environment, the current political climate can be extremely discouraging. However, the members of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL) believe there is still a way to bring about sustainable policy on a national scale: Governments will...
The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels

The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuels

by Linden Cheek | Nov 17, 2017 | Climate, Definitions, Energy, Green Living, Greenhouse Gasses, Policy, Systems Thinking, Technology, Transportation

Climate Change is a big problem. It is so big, in fact, that individual action—while necessary—is not enough to stop the dire predictions of a warmer world from becoming reality. According to a recent NYT article, “The United States… has contributed more than any...
Feeding Two Birds with One Stone: Meet RFR

Feeding Two Birds with One Stone: Meet RFR

by Linden Cheek | Sep 27, 2017 | Food, Green Living, Student Leaders, Volunteer, Zero Waste

Back in 2013, a USDA survey announced the 21.3% of Arkansan households were food insecure. At the same time, it is estimated that colleges throw away 22 millions pounds of good food every year, adding to the global epidemic of food waste. A few students at the U of A...
3 World-Changing Technologies

3 World-Changing Technologies

by Linden Cheek | Aug 11, 2017 | Agriculture, Energy, Food, Green Living, Sustainability Spotlight, Technology

THERE’S A GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW This is the promise sung throughout Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress, a ride dedicated to showing technological progression and its effect on daily life.  In today’s world of climate change, instant news on every catastrophe...
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