U.K. Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey announced Jan. 14 that polluting single-use plastics will be banned in England, according to GOV.UK. England consumes 2.7 billion single-use plastic cutlery...

According to the World Wildlife Fund, approximately one-third of the food produced worldwide is wasted. Sustainability Council member Olivia Ford (’24) said food waste and factory farming are two issues...

In the summer of 2020, near Lake Tahoe, Rowan Hamilton (’26) was forced to evacuate and end summer camp early because of a nearby fire.  While Hamilton said “it doesn’t make me love California...

With climate change worsening, the past year has seen many climate protests from groups such as Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. Some of these protests have caused wide-scale disruption across the...

Climate change could be irreversible by 2030 if serious action is not taken, according to a report conducted by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I don’t know about you, but that scares...

As energy prices in the U.K. have reached record highs, consumers are struggling to cope with rising costs and alternative energy sources for their households, according to Carbon Brief. The main driver...

Growing up, Jacob Nathan (’19) was inundated by the natural world. For him, it was merely an extension of the immediate urban landscape he inhabited. “With that, I saw the impact humans were having...

In her award winning book “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson writes, “Most of us walk unseeing through the world, unaware alike of its beauties, its wonders and the strange and sometimes terrible intensity...