The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/environment/)
New research suggests that the commonly used ‘lab mouse’ may display behaviors entirely distinct from their wild-derived counterparts, prompting new considerations for the future of animal-based research.
At a Sunrise Ithaca community meeting, participants discussed the Justice 50 bill and the Ithaca Green New Deal.
As someone who is limited by neither culture, religion nor income from making the change, why am I still not vegan?
The Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden provides individuals of color with a safe place to grow plants and build community.
The Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management met on Tuesday, July 11 to request public feedback on its proposed 10-year solid waste plan, encountering municipal tensions over the future of waste reductions.
Smoke from Canada’s over 400 actively burning wildfires has drifted to the Northeast United States —including Tompkins County — sparking public health concerns.
Global environmental professionals talked about the unequal impacts of climate change and how nations have responded to the environmental crisis in as part of Verdant Views, a webinar series run by Cornell Botanic Gardens.
At this year’s annual Dragon Day event, architecture students emphasized sustainability through building a dragon model out of recycled materials.
When I moved to Cornell, I opted not to drink the tap water out of habit. Since learning of the excellent water quality here, however, I have refrained from purchasing single-use disposable water bottles. Moving to Cornell is a chance for people like me — and the other 15,000 undergraduate students — to change their behavior. It’s a chance for us to switch on the tap. If you’re an undergraduate: Safe, clean tap water is mere moments away from your dorm room.
Now, more than ever in history, is it important for Cornell students to evaluate their positions of power both locally and globally. Cornell students, like all people, are moral agents. Our actions have immense rippling impacts.