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Posted on October 2, 2020October 3, 2020 by student

Wildfires For weeks, the US West Coast wildfires have taken new proportions—and you know it’s serious when they manage to make headlines in 2020. In fact, the record-breaking wildfires have Read More …

Posted in  Student's Corner , SustainabilityTagged Climate change, climate change denial, Environment, global warmingLeave a comment

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Posted on June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 by student

Renewable Energy Renewable energy, as the name suggests, is energy from resources that can be reused many times without being depleted. In comparison, non-renewable energy sources will not be replenished Read More …

Posted in  Student's Corner , SustainabilityTagged  Energy , Carbon footprint, Climate change, EcoReps, Energy conservation, Environment, global warming, Greenhouse gas, Sustainability, waterLeave a comment

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Posted on June 7, 2019June 14, 2019 by student

Plastic Bags Soon to be Banned In New York State On this year’s Earth Day, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed a legislation that will ban single-use plastic bags statewide. Read More …

Posted in  Student's Corner , SustainabilityTagged Carbon footprint, Climate change, Earth Day, Environment, global warming, Greenhouse gas, Shopping, Sustainability, sustainable livingLeave a comment

What is Sustainability?

Posted on November 22, 2017June 26, 2019 by Patricia Beaumont

What is Sustainability? Well, it’s in the name! Sustainability is the ability for something to sustain itself over time, to provide what is necessary for its continued existence. For example, Read More …

Posted in  Sustainability Tip of the Week , SustainabilityTagged Environmentally friendly, global warming, Sustainability3 Comments

Student’s Corner

Posted on October 6, 2017 by student

Palm oil – you may know a lot about it, you may know nothing at all. For those of you who know very little about palm oil, I was in Read More …

Posted in  Student's Corner , SustainabilityTagged deforestation, Education, Environment, Food, global warming, Palm oil, Sustainability, sustainable livingLeave a comment

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