Conservation

Have you pitched a tent yet this year? June marks National Camping Month, so if you haven’t built a campfire or filtered river water this summer, it may be time to get out in nature! Camping is an inexpensive but…Read More

Gone are the days of PFAS-laden takeout containers piling up in your kitchen during a busy work week. Gone are the days of breaking down cardboard pizza boxes and wedging them into your trash can. Gone are the days of…Read More

It is no secret that livestock grazing accounts for around 40% of global deforestation. It is also no secret that deforestation leads to environmental catastrophes like flooding and landslides. These are truths that Nepal knows well. In the 1970s, they…Read More

When the average person opens Instagram or Facebook, they are often greeted with at least one image of someone vacationing at the beach. That person may be holding a freshly fallen coconut, snorkeling in turquoise waters, or wearing exotic flowers…Read More

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “rewilding” refers to “the process of protecting an environment and returning it to its natural state, for example by bringing back wild animals that used to live there.” Other definitions dictate the removal of human input,…Read More

World Wetlands Day is a United Nations International Day of Importance designed to educate people about these natural areas’ vital role in our ecological, economic, and social health. World Wetlands Day commemorates the signing of the “Convention on Wetlands of…Read More

People fly across states—even countries and sometimes continents—to buckle on heavy-duty boots, hitch skis or snowboards over their shoulders, and catch lifts up snow-covered mountains—despite the high environmental cost of such winter vacations on the mountains themselves. Although most of…Read More

Modern news sources, oversaturated with photos and videos, are ineffective instigators of action, especially regarding major international environmental crises. If we are not distracted by images of friends on Instagram or the latest Tweet by Elon Musk, we might just…Read More

December 5th marks World Soil Day. Since time immemorial, humans have been trying to better understand soil composition, function, and cycles so that we can use them more productively in agriculture. Around the world, we have applied techniques of science…Read More

October 9th marks the beginning of Earth Science Week, 2022, an observance that the American Geosciences Institute established in 1998 to promote proper stewardship and understanding of the Earth. This year’s theme is “Earth Science for a Sustainable World,” which…Read More