Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify In this episode, Pepperdine gets a new Director for the Center for Sustainability, Ricky Eldridge, and we check in with the President of Green Team, Scottie Sandlin, to hear her take on practical sustainability solutions for our campus and about the dynamic between Green Team and the Center for … [Read more...] about Sustainability at Pepperdine
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Homo sapiens in Their Natural Environment
Lead climbers Luke Baker and Riley Wright ascend Corpse Wall in the Santa Monica Mountains Oct. 9. Photos by Ali Levens When Homo sapiens walked the great green Earth thousands of years ago, they were not alone. Early humans evolved to become social creatures — but in a different way from what is practiced today. Together early humans lived in the wilderness and … [Read more...] about Homo sapiens in Their Natural Environment
Opinion: The World Needs to Respond to the Earth’s Fire Alarms
Art by Gabby DiGiovanniThis past wildfire season, the fires began in August and have already decimated at least 3% of California’s land, making 2020 a record-breaking year for the largest California wildfire in recorded history.California, Oregon and Washington are not the only victims of natural disasters. Fires have destroyed land in other states across the country, and … [Read more...] about Opinion: The World Needs to Respond to the Earth’s Fire Alarms
Thunberg’s Environmentalism Overlooked for Deserved Nobel Peace Prize
Art by Madeline DuvallGreta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist, is quickly taking the world by a climate change-induced storm. It is not a surprise that she received a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. With her spirit of change and her drive for climate awareness, Thunberg should have received this award despite her youth and environmentally based … [Read more...] about Thunberg’s Environmentalism Overlooked for Deserved Nobel Peace Prize
Bring Sustainability to the Starbucks Coffee Scene
If people sit and observe the students ebbing and flowing through the never-ending Starbucks line in Payson Library, they notice how many coffee orders begin to pile up at the pick-up bar. In between unfinished readings for HUM 111 and crying through Physics homework, students grab their order and go back into the library to study. The combination of caffeination and academics … [Read more...] about Bring Sustainability to the Starbucks Coffee Scene
