Humans are releasing dangerous amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and we are beginning to feel its effects. Weather is becoming more extreme, ice caps are melting, and oceans are acidifying. The Intergovernmental Panel […]
The Dirty Secret of the Ski Industry
By NICK PENZEL As snow blankets Colorado and brings smiles to the faces of skiers, ski industry leaders face a difficult challenge: a finite number of years are left for people to get out and […]
Catalyzing Climate Action Abroad
From Dec. 3–14 2018, approximately 30,000 individuals from across the globe flocked to Katowice, Poland, for the United Nations Convention of the Parties, COP 24. Nine Colorado College student researchers, including myself, professors Mark Smith […]
An Informational, yet Steamy Take on Coal
By BERRY KEY PHILLIPS I believe in climate change, even though what the environment is experiencing, largely as a result of overconsumption of fossil fuels, is not something that needs validation through faith. Global warming […]
More Reports, When Will There Be Policy?
In 2018, Black Friday was not only a day of unbridled capitalism, but also a day full of climate reports. American departments released two separate summaries of scientific findings. Both came with dire warnings about […]
Who’s Supposed to Save the Planet?
By ELIANNA CLAYTON Hansjörg Wyss fell in love with America’s national parks and public lands while working for the Colorado Highway Department as a student in 1958. Though originally from Switzerland, Wyss spent much of […]
Purchasing Power as a Sustainability Tool
I walk toward the trashcan to dispose of the remnants of my dinner and find myself deeply contemplating where to place each item. Does this belong in the compost, the recycling, or just the trash? […]
IPCC Reports: Discussions Are Heating Up
By ELIANNA CLAYTON We’ve all heard it: 1.5 degrees is the proposed limit for the maximum increase in global temperature. But what does this limit really mean? The implications of this limit and the preventative […]
Try to Breathe: A Green Theater Production of “LUNGS” Addresses Difficult Concepts
Solar-powered light bulbs are strung from the ceiling of Taylor Theater at different heights, serenely swaying and waiting to be illuminated. A row of chairs encircled the performance space, and the audience sat still in […]
Fossil Free CC Receives Backing from CCSGA Resolution
Fossil Free CC, a student group that formed earlier this year, has finally garnered the support of the Colorado College Student Government Association in the form of a resolution to endorse divestment from fossil fuels. […]