The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/environment/page/2/)
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.
Climate change is predicted to alter the path of bee species M. Nuda, which plays an important role in pollination
It is time that I admit the truth. In front of my friends and family, I want to share that I have recently indulged in eating salmon. I, who so proudly was vegetarian for years and years, gave in earlier this year at the sight of Emily Mariko’s salmon-rice-kewpie mayo-sriracha dish. For more than half a decade, I had staunchly committed myself to the vegetarian discipline. I’d learned to forget about the taste of Korean BBQ and learned to cook (and like) alternative forms of protein. Zeus’s BLTease in my opinion, was better than whatever turkey ham option they could have offered.
Prof. Mardelle Shepley, health centered design, and Prof. Anna Dietzsch, architecture, explain ways in which the built environment can be utilized to promote healthy living.
The report includes a synopsis of 2020’s sustainability accomplishments, Cornell’s carbon neutrality progress, education and engagement, campus operations and future goals.
A prolonged period without rain has prompted a moderate drought.