Dear President Obama…
This letter was originally posted at the Stanford Undergraduate Sustainability Scholars blog. Introduction Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) is a project-based student group concerned with...
View ArticleTODAY: Occupy the Future
Attend the Occupy the Future Teach-In, Rally, and Public Forum TODAY, December 9th! [see below for complete schedule of events] Teach-In 12:15 – 1:15 pm (concurrent sessions) HEALTH “Mortality in the...
View ArticleClosing the disconnect between the food you eat and where it comes from
by Christina Ospina, ’12 When you see “natural flavoring” on the “Ingredients” listing on food packaging, beavers might not be the first thing you think of, but this animal and the additives in your...
View ArticleFarms, Culture, and Choice
by Maria Deloso, ’15 Farming directly determines what foods are available to us, which, in turn affects our own cultures and social norms. Looking at different ethnic foods, we can see certain trends....
View ArticleThe Trouble with Environmentalism
by Christina Ospina, ’12 Being “green” is one of the sexiest trends that has arisen in the past several years, made popular largely by increasing concerns over Climate Change. People want to buy...
View ArticleThe Earth is Not a Commodity: How Capitalism Perpetuates Global Warming
by Jovel Queirolo, ’14 Capitalism is designed to promote competition and social inequality (Parjis, 1995) which cannot accommodate a climate change movement meant to benefit the entire earth and its...
View ArticleA Drop in the Bucket Has a Ripple Effect: Lessons Learned Founding Stanford’s...
by Nicole Gaetjens, ’13 This piece originally posted on Shareable. Our initial proposal was called the Stanford Re-Use Campaign, but, in hindsight, a more accurate title would have been Baiting People...
View ArticleMy Problem with Having a Problem With Activism
by Conor Doherty, ’13 The efficacy of Stanford’s student activist movements has been a frequent topic of conversation around campus and in the editorial pages of The Daily the last few weeks. Most...
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