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Several Hundred People, 11 Pounds of Trash: A Successful Zero Waste Pilot on Earth Day
“Zero waste”—it’s an idea that can feel slightly naïve in our consumerist culture. Nearly everything we do produces waste of some kind. And when large groups of people gather for an all-day event—say, hundreds of …
Simulating the Challenges of Climate Change Negotiation in the Classroom
It has become commonplace to categorize climate change as a “wicked problem”. It is “wicked” because, in addition to its profound complexity as an atmospheric phenomenon, preventing climate change from causing catastrophic damage will require …
From Copenhagen to Madison: The Progress of Sustainability
This marks a new series of newsletter articles penned by our own Office of Sustainability interns. Our first article is by Carolyn Hamburg, who is a rising senior studying political science and environmental studies with …