Courtesy of ASU News By Natalie Pierce and Joe Kullman A group of Arizona State University students will travel to Africa this summer to make progress on a five-year project to help improve the quality of life for residents of three rural villages in the country of Kenya. Several members of the ASU chapter of [...]

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This inspiring interpretation of Carl Sagan’s iconic “Pale Blue Dot” speech was created as a Sheridan College final thesis project by illustration major Adam Winnik. I have always thought of Carl Sagan’s writings as “scientific poetry” since they lack the cold touch that science is often cursed for having. I think Sagan’s words resonate more [...]

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With rapidly declining natural environments comes new opportunity for the inhabitants of these ecologically endangered regions – capitalist opportunity. Granted that the majority of areas facing habitat loss are located away from the general public and therefore relatively unknown, theses sites are in serious danger of falling completely out of existence. There is however a [...]

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My life is my message. – Mahatma Gandhi   In this inspiring TEDx Talk, solutionary, Zoe Weil reminds us that our lives are our message.     Zoe Weil is the co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). IHE works to create a humane, just, and sustainable world for people, animals, and [...]

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Typhoon no. 6 is passing, as I am writing this reflection. It is the rainy season and the central region of Vietnam is the most strongly affected by such disasters.  With climate change, these storms are becoming stronger and more unpredictable each year. The Thua Thien Hue province is known for its variety of flavorful [...]

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Press release from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business – Amy Spooner The WaterWheel literally lifts a huge burden from the shoulders of women and girls. – Cynthia Koenig Most of us don’t think twice about turning on a faucet and seeing potable water pour out. But for an estimated one billion people [...]

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In this TED video, Van Jones frames plastic pollution in terms of social justice. Plastic trash affects poor people and poor countries “first and worst.” Van Jones Bio Tweet

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6 Lessons the Climate Movement Can Learn from Dr. King’s Legacy It’s Getting Hot in Here – Ethan Nuss Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Smoke and Mirrors Inside Higher Ed Over the past few years, as the [...]

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