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- Proposition 37: the Right to Know
- Over Half of Germany’s Renewable Energy Owned By Citizens & Farmers, Not Utility Companies
- Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature!
- Sustainable Packaging: Curbing your Wrap Rage
- Green in Brooklyn
- Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid
- Envirolutions President Hailey O’Connor appears in this television story on Steve Jobs
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- 100% Recycled Architectural Resin Panel
- Bikes, Street art, and Sustainability!
- What to Recycle with Sanitation
Category Archives: Environmental Issues
Room for Improvement Campaign: Part 1
Have you noticed something around campus that you thought was unsustainable and wondered why no one did anything about it? Questioning where some of the resources used on Pratt’s campus are going and worried that they aren’t being used efficiently? … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Issues
Tagged carbon footprint, energy use, prevention, Room for Improvement, unsustainable
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Giant Pile of Trash in the Ocean?: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
As a kid, you may have wondered what happens to all of the trash that gets pulled out into the ocean. You may have been told it floats around space, or maybe that it just sinks to the bottom of … Continue reading
The Presidential Elections: Environmentally, Where Does Your Candidate Stand?
The presidential election is fast approaching and everywhere you turn, there is some sort of political support or slander. Most may already know who they will be voting for on the November 4th Election Day, but even … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Issues
Tagged Election Day, environmental standing, November 6, Obama, Presidential Election, Romney
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I just recently found out that Strathmore brand manufactures artist paper from wind- generated electricity! I was aware of their recycled products, but this just blew my mind a little bit. They also have products made from alternative fibers such … Continue reading
Tar Sands Action – Washington D.C. – November 6th
This Sunday November 6th, thousands of people will be gathering in Washington DC to do something remarkable: We will join hands to surround the White House to ask President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. We’re doing … Continue reading
“Gasland” documentary to be screened on Pratt campus
Gasland Screening/Discussion with Director Josh Fox Thursday, November 10 6:30-9:30 pm Engineering 307 Discussion immediately following the film
Special presentation at Pratt on the risks of hydraulic fracturing
Please join the Pratt Faculty Union (UFCT 1460) for a special presentation: ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ [the new Halliburton technique used to drill for natural gas] Learn how proposed “fracking” regulations will NOT protect New York City! On Thursday, Oct. 13, from 6:30-8:30 … Continue reading