In this creative piece, author Stephanie Kontopanos recounts a personal story about her connection to animals on campus and illustrates the profound relationship that can grow from sharing a habitat.
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Why the lemon and not the lime? Author Nick Bucciarelli discusses the under appreciated lime and why it is superior to the lemon.
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Krave Beauty breaks down skincare routines while breaking through sustainability goals.
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Glossier has been called out by environmentalists and consumers for greenwashing on multiple occasions, but how true is this claim?
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If you have ever taken a stroll along University Place in the fall, you may have noticed dark red seed pods littering the sidewalk. No, these are not mutant string beans from a Northwestern biology lab; the pods are the fruit of Gymnocladus dioicus, also known as the Kentucky Coffeetree.
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Why is eating plant-based food such a new, novel concept? It’s actually not. Then why do so many people believe that? Today, I'm going to delve into the real history of eating plant-based food and hopefully break misconceptions that vegetarian eating is just something recent generations have normalized.
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Jonathan Zhao highlights the some of the cutest animals here on Northwestern’s campus: the bunny. Follow our furry friends through the seasons and learn more about our campus's wildlife.
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In this column piece, author Iliana Garner takes a look into the ethical practices in snail mucin beauty products.
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Many cosmetics companies claim that their products are “clean” and market their products in a way that suggests their products are sustainable and green. To get to the bottom of what defines “clean” beauty, Madison looks into Sephora’s prohibited ingredients in order for a product to be qualified as a “clean” beauty and investigate what these prohibited substances actually do to our environment.
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This Week on Earth —earthquakes in Gaziantep, Turkey, wildfires in Chile and ivory trafficking in Vietnam covered by Anam Vaziri.
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This week features a Mediterranean staple. A falafel must-have and an excellent salad topping, it's the humble chickpea.
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I’m almost 19, and I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 15. I grew up in the Midwest, in suburban Indianapolis, where eating plant-based wasn’t super common. My goal in this column is to make plant-based diets more accessible. Even the occasional vegan or vegetarian meal can make a big difference.
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When it comes to environmental change, individual action just doesn’t cut it. Local Evanston groups focused on sustainability say that collective action is the way forward for addressing the climate concerns our communities, locally and at large, face.
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First, however, let’s talk more about degrowth itself. Ultimately, degrowth serves as an antithesis to the capitalist system that pursues infinite growth in spite of its ecological and social consequences. It calls for a descaling of production and consumption, enabling societies to live within their ecological means as determined by strong efforts in research and organization as opposed to private interests. Rather than organize societies efforts towards material accumulation and deal with the repercussions later, degrowth focuses on addressing real needs like resource equity.
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Over the last 30 years, the Makah nation has been subjected to legal discrimination barring them from hunting gray whales in subsistence.
Whaling has always been an essential pillar of social stability for the Makah, so the criminalization of the practice deprives this community of a physical and spiritual need.
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In this piece, read about some of the effects of capitalism on the environment, how corporations have harmed the planet, and why capitalism will be unable to stop this cycle of consumerism and environmental degradation.
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Evanston now is home to Eco and the Flamingo, a store focused on minimizing the environmental impact of products it provides. The store, a second location to its Chicago counterpart, has a wide variety of products, from pantry items to beauty supplies.
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I believe there is a time and a place to appreciate how, for lack of a better term, cool certain animals are. To this end, I shall make the case for why the sperm whale is my favorite animal, in the hopes that you, dear reader, come away with a newfound sense of appreciation for these giants.
Read MoreEcofascists are defined as radical environmentalists who blame climate change on underdeveloped industrializing countries, multiculturalism, and overpopulation, with their solutions to these problems often being blatantly genocidal.
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Northwestern offers a wide range of environmental-related courses. With such a varied and vast course list, it can be hard to determine what environmental classes are the best ones to take. The wide range of factors to consider like workload, professor teaching style, and content make narrowing down the list difficult even with CTECs. I’ll be discussing some characteristics of these classes and my personal experiences with them.
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