Jack Hanson '16 is a Burlington resident and the Executive Director of the nonprofit Run On Climate. Jack served on the Burlington City Council from 2019-2022.
The University of Vermont has long been...
The University of Vermont set a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, according to an April 18 release on the University’s website.
UVM released a new Comprehensive Sustainability Plan April 18,...
EcoWare loss has eased while the reusable containers account for less of the meals served in campus dining halls, according to Nicole Reilly, UVM Dining’s sustainability and campus partnerships manager.
By...
I’ve never been someone who really kept up with trends.
Take a look at any of my middle school yearbook photos, and you’ll see the same sort of outfit over and over again: jeans, usually a striped...
Surrounded by a world experiencing climate change at a rapid and unnatural rate, it is only human that we want to be superheroes.
All around us are scary facts about the piles of waste in the oceans...
Meryl Callaway, Features Staff Writer
• December 3, 2021
Vermont Students Toward Environmental Protection is the student-run organization behind the weekly pop-up thrift shop in the Davis Center.
VSTEP sells clothes donated by UVM students at the Davis Center....
Henry Figler, Opinion Columnist
• October 28, 2021
It’s no secret that Halloween is a capitalist holiday, but that doesn’t mean it has to be so unsustainable.
The sugar-filled, spooky holiday serves no religious or nationalistic function, yet research...
As the weather warms and UVM students make their plans for Fall 2021 housing, Sustainability students grapple with major changes in their learning community.
The UVM Department of Residential Life’s...
The UVM board of trustees will not increase tuition for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year despite mounting COVID-19 related expenses.
The board, led by Chair Ron Lumbra, also discussed UVM’s monetary...
A meeting that was supposed to include discussion about campus input on divestment resulted in the members scarcely touching the topic, before moving on to the next step in their agenda.
The second...
On a Friday afternoon when many students might be gearing up for the weekend, over 100 others chose to pack themselves behind a partition in the Silver Maple Ballroom.
They came to ask the board of...
It’s normal to see someone with a closet the size of your apartment and want that lifestyle.
However, we need to remember that overconsumption causes harm to the fashion industry, the workers behind...
