By Ezra Wallach I remember it like it was yesterday. I was scrolling through my Snapchat stories when all of a sudden something caught my eye — a NowThis video. The page read something like […]
The Media’s Failure on Climate Change
By Jon Lamson “Every single journal should have a shrieking headline every day saying we are heading to total catastrophe. In a couple of generations, organized human society may not survive. That has to be […]
The Insects Are Dying, and the Reptiles Are to Blame: Just Kidding, It’s Us
By Jon Lamson As the country continues to squabble about which politicians are the most corrupt, there is a silent tragedy occurring in Washington D.C. and everywhere else, whether or not anyone chooses to acknowledge […]
CC Is ‘Still In’: Students Talk Climate and CC’s Commitment
By Miriam Brown A white banner has been hanging from the second-floor railing of Worner Center since last school year. “WE ARE STILL IN,” it reads in big black letters, with the first E replaced […]
Feel Like You’re Unable to Make a Difference? Tips for Improving Individual Sustainability in College
By Anna Gaw As climate change continues to threaten the Earth as we know it, it is as important as ever to examine the way we live and do our part to minimize our negative […]
More Than Just the Paris Agreement: Assessing the Environmental Policy of the Trump Administration
By Jon Lamson Climate change, nitrification, and the collapse of global ecosystems are some of the most serious and challenging issues that we as a species have ever faced. Despite this, the Trump Administration has […]
It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Take Off All Your Certainty: Hot Drought as the New Norm for the Southwest
By Emily Kressley Think about a restless night of sleep, where you toss and turn and wake up in a sweat. Not only are you uncomfortable, you’re also dehydrated — you reach for a big […]
Complicity and Climate Change: Travel Offsets as a First Step
By Benjamin Swift In a capitalist system predicated on the commodification of environmental resources and designed to maximize transnational capitalist class profits, for most people, simply existing entails a state of complicity. The mere act […]
Frontrunner Hickenlooper Notably Missing at Jam-Packed Senate Climate Forum at UCCS
By Charlotte Schwebel Several Colorado 2020 Senate Candidates voiced their plans to address the eminent climate crisis during a University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs forum titled, “Planet in Peril,” on Sunday, Oct. 6. As […]
Climate Change Striking Close to Home
By JOSIE MCCAULEY Friday, Sep. 20, marked the beginning of the Global Climate Strike, during which strikes have been and are currently being held in more than 150 countries across the globe. Colorado College […]