Whatever it is – we need it! Environmental education has truly proven itself as an incredibly influential and successful tool over recent decades. Working within the field myself, I have found this practice to be incredibly rewarding for a variety of ways, particularly that I am able to simultaneously and positively impact both children and…
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In Carbon Footprints
Looking back at our predecessors and their positive, and negative legacies.
Recycle Mania at Chatham
Zachary J. Schmucker, communications and outreach assistant for Chatham University’s Office of Sustainability, introduces us to Recycle Mania and what Chatham University can do to help with the competition.
Please Put Your Butts Where They Belong.
If you can lift your hand to smoke your cigarette, you can lift your hand to dispose of it.
Global Warming: Spring 2013 Vs. Spring 2014
The unpredictability of unusual weather conditions are also a part of global warming. It does not only mean that the planet is warming, but normal weather conditions are changing and the world as a whole is weather disturb.
Alice Julier’s Take on The Business of Food
As a subscriber to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with a mother who finds its necessary to cut out every news article that aligns with my interest, I was first introduced to Alice Julier when the Post-Gazette ran a feature piece on her Chatham University début as Program Director and Associate Professor of Food Studies. After saving…
How to Love the Environment through… Food!
I have a friend in Brazil, Luana Damasceno, who is frequently posting on Facebook photos of the vegetables she cultivates in her backyard. I must confess that I didn’t understand very well the passion she has by her little vegetables. Chatham University hosted on May 4th the second edition of “Food in Our Neighborhoods”, where…
A Broader Form of Environmentalism
Written by Leiba Estrin How can a mother care for her child if her mental state of mind is out of sync? Can a farmer clean and feed his animals if he neglects to care for his own health? As humans who care about the Earth, it can be argued that we are all…
The Environmental Journalism in Brazilian Media
When I was studying journalism in Brazil, for two years I participated in a research project where I had to analyze the way that the main representatives of Brazilian press media portrayed global warming and other environmental topics to its audience. It was the first contact that I had with environmental journalism during the course,…
Conflicting World Views and Environmentalism
It is hard to be an environmentalist. The average person might complain that recycling is too much work, or that organic food is too expensive, or that riding your bike is too much of a hassle. However, these complaints exist because the cultural infrastructure does not support the environmentalist ideology. The basic tenets of keeping…