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Posts published in “Earth Day”

The impacts of environmental injustice

Environmental injustice or racism refers to institutional, government, and/or corporate regulations or policies that result in certain communities being disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards.

“Hold on to your bright-eyed optimism about climate change”

From not finding regular produce at stores to annual financial reports by big corporations about how much carbon credits they bought, we have become more serious about how to improve our actions to help the environment.

Techfest aims to be sustainable

Techfest is an annual festival organized by the Entertainment Committee (EC) that brings popular music artists to Stevens. For the past few years, dozens of music festivals around the world have been making efforts to promote sustainability as these types of festivals tend to produce tons of waste.

Ecosia: the search engine that plants trees

What if we could plant tree saplings while working on our assignments? While this sounds too good to be true, the idea became possible through a search engine, Ecosia.

SAVE upholds sustainability at Stevens

Stevens’ Sustainability, Activism, Volunteering, & Engineering (SAVE) was founded in 2013 with the purpose of combining “the knowledge, skills, and experience of the Stevens community to promote engineering solutions for social, environmental, and economic problems, on campus and in the local community” through continuing projects and initiatives.

How coffee waste can help the planet

Coffee lovers no longer have to worry about the waste they generate from coffee pulp, just like tea and fresh juice lovers.

How’s the Hudson?

On this Earth Day, I chose to take a look in my own backyard — the Hudson River. Bordering the largest city in the United States, it is no surprise that the Hudson River is not in pristine shape.