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Wild Roots
One of my favorite childhood memories was playing hide-and-seek in my grandparents’ backyard. It was shaded with dozens of fruit trees, including tangerine, orange, persimmon and two different types...
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Last week, I had the privilege of attending a few sessions at the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy, an eight-day experience for graduate and undergraduate students hosted by the University...
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Why Whales Welcomed Electricity
An illustration by A. Burnham Shute from an early edition of Moby Dick, a literary reminder that whaling wasn't easy. Given the summer we’ve had here in Chicagoland, many of us are now well versed in...
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Man, That’s a Tiny House
I recently had a chance to tour Northwestern’s Tiny House project – a student-run initiative designed to raise awareness about living sustainably and with minimal carbon footprint. It is a *very*...
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Our (Melting) Frozen Planet
I’ve been watching a lot of the Discovery Channel show “Frozen Planet.” Ripe with stunning cinematography, the program chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Arctic’s inhabitants (both animal...
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We’re Having a Heat Wave…And It’s Serious
The effects of climate change are often portrayed as a future threat, something that will one day bare its ugly (and warm) face and inflict catastrophic damage on our society. This is largely untrue...
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