EMU administration, students join forces to aim for sustainability
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On any given day at Eastern Mennonite University, you may see a young person riding a bicycle with an attached trailer piled with recyclables.
Search Results for climate
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Ten-day village building convergence rocks small town Sebastopol
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Participants in the ambitious ten-day Sebastopol Village Building Convergence (VBC) painted murals on streets in this small Northern California town and filled the Grange Hall, the Permaculture Skills Center.
Virginia’s power plants major global warming polluters
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A new study shows Virginia’s coal-fired power plants dump as much carbon pollution into the atmosphere as the entire nation of Croatia.
The Republicans’ extraordinary pattern of destructiveness
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In the conduct of today’s Republican Party, we can see a pattern of destructiveness.
Press Conference: UVA football coach Mike London
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UVA football coach Mike London talks with reporters on Monday. Virginia (2-1, 1-0 ACC) travels to BYU (3-0) for a game that will be played at 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday.
Earth Talk: Ethanol’s unrealized promise
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Ethanol and similar “biofuels” made from corn and other crops seem like a good idea given their potential for reducing our carbon outputs as well as our reliance on fossil fuels.
National Preparedness Month: Tips to become Ready, Responsive and Resilient to extreme weather
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AccuWeather reports as National Preparedness Month, September brings the reminder of how pivotal it is to be prepared for extreme weather in order to minimize the impact on families, communities and essential infrastructures.
Sexism: The Killer Elephant in the Room
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Sexism is socially-constructed gender bias, creating a culture that objectifies females as mere collections of body parts. Sexism ensures a climate in which women are viewed as possessions, as property, as somehow inferior by definition, with the result that male domination of females is sanctioned.
USDA provides $328 million to conserve wetlands and farmland, boost economy
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $328 million in funding is being invested to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation.
Emotional roller-coaster for former UVA QBs at Richmond
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Michael Strauss definitely wanted Saturday’s game. The former UVA backup, now starting, and excelling, as a second-year starting quarterback at Richmond, felt like he had a lot to prove bringing his Spiders in to play against his old teammates and the coach who first recruited him, Mike London.
